{"id":1202768,"date":"2022-09-12T12:53:02","date_gmt":"2022-09-12T12:53:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/09\/12\/asante-kotoko-fans-told-to-lower-their-expectations\/"},"modified":"2022-09-12T12:53:02","modified_gmt":"2022-09-12T12:53:02","slug":"asante-kotoko-fans-told-to-lower-their-expectations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/09\/12\/asante-kotoko-fans-told-to-lower-their-expectations\/","title":{"rendered":"Asante Kotoko fans told to lower their expectations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"440\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/FLGAtFiXEAAl8on-696x440.jpg\"   alt=\"Asante Kotoko fans\" title=\"Asante Kotoko fans\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Asante Kotoko fans<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Former Chief Executive Officer [CEO] of Asante Kotoko, Samuel Opoku Nti, has cautioned supporters of the club to lower their expectations in the 2022\/23 CAF Champions League.<\/p>\n<p>The Ghana Premier League champions will engage Burkinabe side RC Kadiogo in the first leg of the preliminary round of the qualifiers.<\/p>\n<p>The game will be played\u00a0at the Friendship Stadium in Cotonou, Benin today.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>The team has not fared well in CAF inter-club competitions in the last decade.<\/p>\n<p>Amid the introduction of new players and Seidu Zerbo in charge as the new head coach,\u00a0Kotoko fans have been advised by their former CEO to lower expectations.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"731\" height=\"424\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Opoku-Nti-731x424-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2161639\"  \/><figcaption><strong>Samuel Boadu<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s obvious that we assembled a new team with a new technical bench and we didn\u2019t have time for the preseason and normally the league comes before Africa but this is a time, we have to play Africa before the league,\u201d he told Luv FM.<\/p>\n<p>He, however, called on the supporters to rally behind the team to achieve targets beyond imagination but cautioned they must lower expectations.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ ALSO<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs for expectation, you need to lower it but to give your maximum support to them because you can\u2019t immediately start from number two to number three, you have to start from number one.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEveryone would expect that we win but they also need our support to push the players so that our expectation will not come short but they will come out with flying colours,\u201d said Mr Nti.<\/p>\n<p>In a week, the team will know their fate of progressing to the next stage when they square off with the Burkinabe side nicknamed \u2018Les Faucons\u2019 in the 2nd leg on Sunday, September 18, 2022, at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>            <!--  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=videoseries[\/embed]<!--\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>--><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"0t87kXGWLjc\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Nnawotwi Yi on Adom TV (10-9-22)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0t87kXGWLjc?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Asante Kotoko fans Former Chief Executive Officer [CEO] of Asante Kotoko, Samuel Opoku Nti, has cautioned supporters of the club to lower their expectations in the 2022\/23 CAF Champions League. 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