{"id":463458,"date":"2018-02-11T18:27:54","date_gmt":"2018-02-11T18:27:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/02\/11\/kotoko-beat-cara-brazzaville-after-missing-three-penalties\/"},"modified":"2018-02-11T18:27:54","modified_gmt":"2018-02-11T18:27:54","slug":"kotoko-beat-cara-brazzaville-after-missing-three-penalties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/02\/11\/kotoko-beat-cara-brazzaville-after-missing-three-penalties\/","title":{"rendered":"Kotoko beat CARA Brazzaville after missing three penalties"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Sports News of Sunday, 11 February 2018<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>GHANAsoccernet.com <\/p>\n<p>2018-02-11<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/97611585.295.jpg\" alt=\"KOTOKO OBED\" title=\"KOTOKO OBED\" width=\"295\" height=\"205\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Yakubu Mohammed managed to nail it in injury time after three previous spot kicks were suandered<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125813973067\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125813973067\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1518373674_358_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Asante Kotoko needed a late penalty to beat Congolese side CARA Brazzaville 1-0 on Sunday at home in their CAF Confederation Cup preliminary round qualifier. <\/p>\n<p>Substitute Yakubu Mohammed managed to nail it in injury time after three previous spot kicks were squandered.<\/p>\n<p>The visitors had a glorious opportunity to take the lead when they were awarded a penalty but goalkeeper Chansel Massa-who had saved twospot-kicks- missed from 18 yards as his opposite number Felix Annan saved.<\/p>\n<p>Referee  Issa SY from Senegal remains the star man for awarding five penalties in a match.<\/p>\n<p>His first call was in the sixth minute but striker Saddick Adams had his effort saved by Massa.<\/p>\n<p>The result means Kotoko must avoid defeat in the return fixture before they can progress to the next stage of the competition.<\/p>\n<p>The winner of the two legged affair will then face either Ben Guerdane of Tunisia or Al Hilal Juba of South Sudan in the next round of the competition.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Kwame Kyei, Chairman of Kotoko has already promised to reward each player with a two bedroom apartment should the team win this year&#8217;s CAF Confederations Cup.<\/p>\n<p>He also promised  GH\u00a220,000 for each player if the team qualifies for the group stage.<\/p>\n<p>Kotoko was in 2014 knocked- out of the CAF Champions League by Barrack  Young Controllers (BYC) of Liberia Club in Monrovia.<\/p>\n<div class=\"related_articles\" style=\"width: 100%;\">\n<div style=\"clear: both; font-size: 90%; background-color: #eeeaea; padding: 5px; width: 60%; margin-top: 10px;\">\n<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border:0; padding:0\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/96124592.jpg\" style=\"padding-right:2px;\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"border:0; padding:0;width:100%; vertical-align:middle; font-size:11px;\">Courtesy of <b>GHANAsoccernet.com<\/b> &#8211; Ghana&#8217;s leading football news website. 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