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Gregory De Grauwe

Set piece Coach 'Black Stars' 

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GHANA NATIONAL TEAM

Source: https://3news.com/sports/football/five-biggest-winners-from-ghanas-latest-international-window/
“Pigaro 1, Pigaro 2. Pigaro 3, Pigaro 4.” You’re enjoying it and might probably up going on and on.

That was how much Otto Addo enjoyed what Gregory did for him. Ghanaians may not know much about him, nor his works. If they did, they will be singing ‘Asem’s’ Pigaro, when trying to pronounce his name.

But in the larger context, Gregory did the trick for Ghana.

Spotted with Arteta before the international break, Otto Addo was beaming with a smile, that was indicative of ‘ I know what to do,’ as he visited Thomas Partey.

It’s no longer under wraps anymore. What Otto and Arteta discussed is now an open secret.

Arteta may have emphasized the importance of set pieces to Otto, for obvious reasons – no team has profited from set pieces more than Arsenal, especially corner kicks, in the ongoing season.

A first-hand application from Ghana was seen against Chad on Friday.

Scoring from a header was Salisu against Chad before two more followed by, your guess is as good as mine, Arsenal’s Thomas Partey on Monday night.

An Arsenal man at the end of a set piece, that could only be Arteta and Nicola Jover, Arsenal’s set piece coach’s doings.

Gregory is Ghana’s own Nicolas Jover. Brought in as part of a technical restructuring, the video analyst, together with technical advisor Winfred Schaefer, have been revelations.

He has so far performed his role, identifying gaps in defences and capitalizing on them, to the maximum.

The result of these have been Ghana scoring five times – if you’ll count Inaki’s effort against Chad – from set pieces this international window.​

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