KUMASI Asante Kotoko beat Egyptian side Ghazel El Mahalla 3-0 in the first leg of the in the African Cup Winners Cup competition quarter finals on Sunday. The "Kum Apem" boys now have one foot in the semi-final of a competition no Ghanaian club has ever won.
Kotoko, who've not won a continental cup in 19-year, started off well and dominated most of the first half. Stephen Oduro got the first goal in the 29th minute from a free-kick
Hamza Mohammed added the second just before half-time.
Captain Ablordey added a third from a penalty after the Egyptian defender handled the ball in the box. The oseikrom biys went through some anxious moments in the dying minutes, as the Egyptians had a goal disallowed, hit the crossbar and had a series of free-kicks and corner kicks
The second leg will be played in Egypt in 2 weeks time
Line Up: Osei Boateng, Aziz Ansah, Godfred Yeboah Isaac "Ninja" Owusu , Joe Hendricks, Mohammed Hamza, Michael Osei, Godwin Ablordey (Captain), Nana Arhin Duah, Shilla Alhassan, Stephen Oduro
Esperance, Tunisia 2-0 ASAC Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire
Scorers: Mouine Chaabani 53, Khaled Badra 66
Halftime 0-0; Attendance: 21,000
Played earlier in Maputo: Costa do Sol, Mozambique, lost to Zamalek, Egypt, 0-2
Scorers: Abdelhalim Ali 61, Walid Salah Abdellatif 67
HT: 0-0; Att: 4,000
Standings: P W D L F A Pts
Zamalek 3 2 1 0 6 2 7
Esperance 3 2 1 0 4 1 7
ASEC Abidjan 3 1 0 2 6 5 3
Costa do Sol 3 0 0 3 0 8 0
KUMASI Asante Kotoko beat Egyptian side Ghazel El Mahalla 3-0 in the first leg of the in the African Cup Winners Cup competition quarter finals on Sunday. The "Kum Apem" boys now have one foot in the semi-final of a competition no Ghanaian club has ever won.
Kotoko, who've not won a continental cup in 19-year, started off well and dominated most of the first half. Stephen Oduro got the first goal in the 29th minute from a free-kick
Hamza Mohammed added the second just before half-time.
Captain Ablordey added a third from a penalty after the Egyptian defender handled the ball in the box. The oseikrom biys went through some anxious moments in the dying minutes, as the Egyptians had a goal disallowed, hit the crossbar and had a series of free-kicks and corner kicks
The second leg will be played in Egypt in 2 weeks time
Line Up: Osei Boateng, Aziz Ansah, Godfred Yeboah Isaac "Ninja" Owusu , Joe Hendricks, Mohammed Hamza, Michael Osei, Godwin Ablordey (Captain), Nana Arhin Duah, Shilla Alhassan, Stephen Oduro
Esperance, Tunisia 2-0 ASAC Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire
Scorers: Mouine Chaabani 53, Khaled Badra 66
Halftime 0-0; Attendance: 21,000
Played earlier in Maputo: Costa do Sol, Mozambique, lost to Zamalek, Egypt, 0-2
Scorers: Abdelhalim Ali 61, Walid Salah Abdellatif 67
HT: 0-0; Att: 4,000
Standings: P W D L F A Pts
Zamalek 3 2 1 0 6 2 7
Esperance 3 2 1 0 4 1 7
ASEC Abidjan 3 1 0 2 6 5 3
Costa do Sol 3 0 0 3 0 8 0