{"id":466351,"date":"2018-02-21T18:30:27","date_gmt":"2018-02-21T18:30:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/02\/21\/kotoko-eliminated-from-caf-confederation-cup\/"},"modified":"2018-02-21T18:30:27","modified_gmt":"2018-02-21T18:30:27","slug":"kotoko-eliminated-from-caf-confederation-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/02\/21\/kotoko-eliminated-from-caf-confederation-cup\/","title":{"rendered":"Kotoko eliminated from CAF Confederation Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Sports News of Wednesday, 21 February 2018<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>www.ghanaweb.com<\/p>\n<p>2018-02-21<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/41164383.295.jpg\" alt=\"Kotokoexit\" title=\"Kotokoexit\" width=\"295\" height=\"150\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Kotoko missed four (4) of their ten (10) spot-kicks while CARA Club missed three (3) of theirs<\/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=151125817976607\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125817976607\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1519237827_111_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Kumasi Asante Kotoko have been eliminated from the ongoing CAF Confederation Cup after losing 6-7 on penalties to CARA Club of Congo in Brazzaville on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The Porcupine Warriors fought gallantly, losing by a lone goal in regulation time to leave the tie even at 1-1 over the two-legs.<\/p>\n<p>Kotoko also won the first leg by a lone goal in Kumasi a fortnight ago, squandering 3 penalty kicks in the process.<\/p>\n<p>But they went to Congo full of confidence, and really put up a fight but CARA got a goal in the 30th minute to ensure the tie goes into penalty kicks.<\/p>\n<p>In the nervy marathon penalty shoot-outs, Kotoko\u2019s Obed Owusu, Kwame Boahene, Amos Frimpong and Jackson Owusu missed their kicks.<\/p>\n<p>Kotoko missed four (4) of their ten (10) spot-kicks while CARA Club missed three (3) of theirs.<\/p>\n<p>Kotoko will point to the maltreatment they received at the hands of CARA club prior to the game as a factor in their defeat.<\/p>\n<p>News broke yesterday that supporters of CARA club invaded the pitch and prevented Kotoko from training and it had to take the intervention of Ghana\u2019s ambassador to Congo, Atta Boafo to prevent the situation from degenerating.<\/p>\n<p>Kotoko will now have to focus on the Ghana Premier League campaign which is set to start next month.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 58 updated by: 58 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sports News of Wednesday, 21 February 2018 Source: www.ghanaweb.com 2018-02-21 Kotoko missed four (4) of their ten (10) spot-kicks while CARA Club missed three (3) of theirs Kumasi Asante Kotoko have been eliminated from the ongoing CAF Confederation Cup after losing 6-7 on penalties to CARA Club of Congo in Brazzaville on Wednesday. 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