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Today in History: 16-year-old Abedi Pele stormed Kumasi with RTU and shocked Kotoko

Abedi Pele
Abedi Pele
On 6th April 1981, which is exactly 39 years today Abedi Pele and his RTU side stormed Kumasi & handed Kotoko a 0-1 defeat to break their home invincibility.
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The scorer of the all-important goal was PMK Kusi a.k.a Teacher Kusi. He scored from a well-taken freekick in the 40th minute to beat Sam Ampeh.

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16-year-old Abedi Pele was in the thick of events and he was a thorn in the flesh of the Kotoko players.

Kotoko starting line-up

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Ampeh, Gyaabah, Zito, Duku, Gyekye, Papa Arko, Opoku Afriyie, Kofi Badu, Nuru, Opoku Nti, Frimpong

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