Accra Lions coach Ibrahim Tanko has acknowledged that his group anticipated a difficult starting to the 2024-2025 Ghana Premier League season.Tanko’s feedback got here after Accra Lions secured their first level of the season with a 1-1 draw in opposition to Karela United in Nalerigu.Earlier than this draw, Accra Lions had confronted defeats of their opening matches, dropping 1-0 to Medeama and 2-0 to newly promoted Imaginative and prescient FC.The group had a robust end to the 2023-2024 season, ending in second place, however has skilled vital modifications, together with the departure of left full-back David Oduro to FC Barcelona.Tanko identified the affect of dropping and integrating new gamers as a key issue of their present struggles.”I believe we knew we have been going to have an issue within the first 5 matches as a result of we transferred nearly 9 gamers and we’ve 9 new gamers to the beginning 11,” he stated.”Positively, we knew we have been going to have an issue, however as time goes on, I consider that we’ll be extra secured and get our factors.”