Hearts of Oak continued their preparations ahead of the commencement of the Special Competition with a surprise 2-1 loss to Royal FC in a friendly match on Wednesday at the Pobiman Sports Complex.
Kofi Kordzi bagged a brace for Royal FC to hand Kim Grant his first defeat as the head coach of the club after an impressive start to his reign.
The match formed part of preparations for coach Kim Grant to sharpen his troops ahead of the Normalization Committee's stop-gap competition.
The Division Two side opened the scoring on the 8th-minute courtesy Kofi Kordzi after running unto a through pass before rounding the goalkeeper to score.
Selasi Bakai came close equalizing for the Rainbow boys with a header but he missed the post narrowly.
Kofi Kordzi increased the tally for the Royal FC in the second-half vie the penalty spot.
Hearts of Oak got a consolation goal through Obeng Jnr after heading home a cross by new signing Charles MacCarthy at the near post