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Prince Polley
Prince Polley

Revealed: Prince Polley traumatised by missing 'magic' stone

 Former Kotoko striker, Prince Opoku Polley, has revealed that a mysterious black stone that was supposed to give him luck against Accra Great Olympics in a league match at the Baba Yara Stadium in Kumasi rather terrorised him when it got missing during the game.

“I was instructed to hurl the stone into the goal post when I got into their (Olympics) box. But with a thick wall built by Kwabena Asiedu, Amoah Tawiah and Isaac Acquaye, it was impossible to penetrate the defence and hurl the black stone which should have offered me luck to score against Olympics.

“In the course of the match I attempted to control an aerial ball but Asiedu and Acquaye crushed me in the air, causing my head to hit the ground forcefully. I was dazed in the process and lost the stone,“ a disappointed Polley recalled during an exclusive interview with Daily Graphic in Kumasi.

Fear and panic  

According to him the missing stone succeeded in causing fear and panic to him, and considering how the defenders of Olympics played him out of the game, he contemplated signalling the bench to replace him.

“The black stone was given to me by one of the Kotoko fans purposely to throw into the Olympics goal post in the course of the match, so when it got missing I completely lost the confidence and venom to continue playing. But while contemplating on what to do, George Serebuo, who was part of the technical team, entered the field with the Kotoko masseur to treat me,” he said.

Match winner

He (Serebuo) told me that I was performing creditably so I should continue to create opportunities. What he told me boosted my confidence so much.”

According to Polley, in the course of the match, he pounced on a loose ball and beat his markers to score the only goal of the match.

“Ironically, in the dressing room after the match, the man who gave me the stone wanted to take credit for the goal as he told me that without the stone, Kotoko could not have won the match.

“It was at this time that I told him that the stone he gave me got missing when I fell down, throwing the entire dressing room into uncontrollable laughter,” he added.

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