Coach Opeele Boateng wants CAF to encourage clubs to exchange tapes prior to inter-club encounters

Development thinking Ghanaian coach, Isaac ‘Opeele’ Adade Boateng, has spoken of his intention to put forward a proposal to the Confederation of African Football (CAF).

The former National Under-17 Assistant Coach thinks it will be a prudent measure for teams to exchange previous match videos prior to any African Inter-club encounter.

The former Asante Kotoko coach last Sunday saw his former club struggle to beat lowly Barrack Young Controllers in the first leg of the 2014 CAF Champions League preliminary stage with the Porcupine Warriors’ technical staff attributing part of their struggle against the debutants to their inadequate knowledge about the Liberian side.

Speaking on Power Fm, the ‘Ghana Mourinho’ thinks prior knowledge about one’s opponents will help in the technical development of the African game.

“I want to meet Oti Akenten (CAF Instructor) this week to enquire if I could send in a request to CAF for it to be mandatory that a team sends three video tapes of its last five matches to their opponents,” he told the Accra-based station’s Sports Talk Show hosted by Henry Asante.

“This will help in the technical development of the game in Africa. You cannot just meet BYC and play them just like that. If we want to develop the game, we should see BYC sending tapes of three out of its last five matches to Kotoko and Kotoko doing same.

“You can’t tell me that Barcelona will be playing a team in Moldova and they wouldn’t know anything about that club. It’s very bad and does not help the game,” he concluded.