Accra Hearts of Oak Sporting Club head coach, Aboubakar Ouattara, has seemingly blamed his team’s latest loss on the lack of clarity over the host venue.
Hearts of Oak lost 1-0 to Nations FC in Week 21 of the 2024-2025 Ghana Premier League season with the game taking place at the Tuba Park.
Nations FC defender and captain Razak Simpson scored the game winner with a bullet strike that got his team’s head coach Kasim Mingle Ocansey to shower praise on the Black Stars player. (Click highlighted text to read full story)
In the lead up to the game, the status of the Heart’s home venue was up in the air as the University of Ghana Stadium and Accra Sports Stadium were unavailable due to varied reasons and Aboubakar Ouattara believes this played a role in Hearts’ fourth loss in a row. (Click highlighted text to read full story)

“When you don’t know the venue you are playing at 24 hours before the game and you are not well prepared on the psychological side, this is the result.”
Hearts have slipped to sixth place in the 18 team league standings after losing to Nations FC. Scroll down to watch Razak Simpson’s thunderous strike against Hearts.
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RAZAK SIMPSON with a trademark strike to give us the lead. ☄️#AHOSC 🌈 – 🟠 #NFC | 0️⃣-1️⃣ pic.twitter.com/0esKFjuqF0
— Nations Football Club (@nationsfcgh) April 3, 2025