Yakubu Mohammed scored a 90+3 minute penalty for Kumasi Asante Kotoko to snatch a 1:0 first leg advantage against Club Athlétique Renaissance Aiglon (CARA) in a game that Referee Issah Sey awarded five penalties.
Striker Saddick Adams failed to find the back of the net from the spot with just 12 minutes showing on the clock. The disappointed supporters in Red and White witnessed two more spot kicks scared away by the Congolese Shot-stopper.
Steve Pollack, head Coach of Kumasi Asante Kotoko threw more cards forward in search of the game’s opener.
It was the turn of skipper Amos Frimpong to try his luck when Kwame Boahene was brought down in the penalty box yet his effort was the worst of the five penalties given on the day as the goalkeeper grabbed the ball with ease.
Baba Mahama was felled in the box and the former Techiman City player became the third penalty taker for Kumasi Asante Kotoko on the day and the third to miss.
The former Ashantigold SC attacker nutmegged his marker and sent in a dangerous cross but Saddick failed to connect to the well timed cross.
Kwame Boahen brought down in the box after he tried to wriggle his way free off his marker, Referee Sey’s fifth spot kick on the day, this time Yakubu Mohammed made no mistake as curls one pass the outstretched arms of the goalkeeper.
Asante Kotoko will go into the second leg at Congo Brazzaville with a 1:0 advantage.
