Richard Opentil In Action
Two Ghanaian amputee players plying their trade in Turkey have won this year's Amputee Football Champions League trophy with their club Yennimahalle.Richard Arthur Opentil and Francis Antwi-Darkwah made history by becoming the first Africans, and for that matter Ghanaians, to win the special tournament in Moscow, Russia.Their club beat competition from nine other amputee clubs from across the world to lift the coveted trophy.In the final match, Yennimahalle beat Dinamo Altay of Russia 3-0 to become the Champions of the Cup of Victory, as it is called.They won the Turkish Amputee League 1 to qualify for the tournament.Richard Opentil crowned a successful tournament with a goal in the final match, together with the man-of-the-match accolade.
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