{"id":606852,"date":"2019-04-10T23:08:07","date_gmt":"2019-04-10T23:08:07","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Sports News of Wednesday, 10 April 2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>GHANAsoccernet.com <\/p>\n2019-04-10\n\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghana-mma.com\/2019\/03\/6"},"modified":"2019-04-10T23:08:07","modified_gmt":"2019-04-10T23:08:07","slug":"kotoko-2-0-ashantigold-fatwau-shafius-brace-helps-porcupines-win-ashanti-classic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/04\/10\/kotoko-2-0-ashantigold-fatwau-shafius-brace-helps-porcupines-win-ashanti-classic\/","title":{"rendered":"Kotoko 2-0 AshantiGold: Fatwau Shafiu&#8217;s brace helps Porcupines win Ashanti Classic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Sports News of Wednesday, 10 April 2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>GHANAsoccernet.com <\/p>\n<p>2019-04-10<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanamma.com\/2019\/03\/60728857.295.jpg\" alt=\"Kotoko Ksi\" title=\"Kotoko Ksi\" width=\"295\" height=\"178\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Kotoko are now top of their table with 9 points<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> Asante Kotoko extended their lead at the top of Zone A in the Normalisation Committee Special Competition with a 2-0 victory over regional rivals AshantiGold in Kumasi on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The Porcupine Warriors won the entertaining match thanks to a second-half brace from attacker Fatawu Shafiu.<\/p>\n<p>It was a game of two halves. In the first half AshantiGold completely dominated and controlled the game but Felix Annan produced an incredible performance to deny the Miners a deserved lead.<\/p>\n<p>Annan made two saves in the opening five minutes. He saved a low powerful effort from Kofi Nkrumah before blocking Shafiu Mumuni&#8217;s close-range strike with his foot.<\/p>\n<p>On 23 minutes, Shafiu Mumuni found space inside Kotoko&#8217;s box and curled the ball aiming for the top left corner but Annan incredibly tipped the ball over the crossbar.<\/p>\n<p>Shafiu had another glorious opportunity four minutes later but Annan again delivered a fine save.<\/p>\n<p>Kotoko didn&#8217;t really trouble Ashgold until injury time when Jordan Opoku connected brilliantly a rebound but his goal-bound effort was tipped over the crossbar by goalkeeper Frank Boateng.<\/p>\n<p>It was a different Kotoko in the second half. The Porcupine Warriors looked hungrier compared to their opponents. They created three decent chances in the first eight minutes but failed to bury them.<\/p>\n<p>Emmanuel Gyamfi was played through on goal but couldn&#8217;t connect into the back of the net.<\/p>\n<p>Fatawu Shafiu got onto the end of a fine exchanged of passes and sent a backheel pass to Prince Acquah before feeding on the return pass to hit a thunderbolt at goal, but his effort sailed over the crossbar.<\/p>\n<p>The goalkeeper Frank Boateng produced a fine save to prevent Jordan from scoring the opener in the 53rd minute.<\/p>\n<p>Ashgold on the other end wanted a penalty after Annan appeared to have tripped Salia Ouattara in the box but referee ruled out the appeal.<\/p>\n<p>Kotoko continued to pile on the pressure and it paid off in the 72nd minute when they scored through Fatawu Shafiu. The attacker received a neat pass inside the box, beat his marker and curled into the net with three Ashgold players &#8211; including the goalkeeper &#8211; on the line<\/p>\n<p>Six minutes later Fatawu grabbed another goal when he latched onto a lose ball in the box before calmly slotting home past Frank Boateng.<\/p>\n<p>Ashgold came close to an equaliser in added time when they struck the post.<\/p>\n<div class=\"related_articles\" style=\"width: 100%;\">\n<div style=\"clear: both; font-size: 90%; background-color: #eeeaea; padding: 5px; 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:\/\/cdn.ghanamma.com\/2019\/03\/1551782796_787_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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