Asante Kotoko forward Steven Mukwala has dedicated his goal and Man of the Match award against Berekum Chelsea in the Ghana Premier League to Kotoko supporter Augustine Opoku.
The 23-year-old Ugandan assisted Eric Zeze to equalize for Kotoko after Emmanuel Sarpong of Chelsea gave the visitors the lead. Steven Mukwala scored the second goal for the Porcupines as the Ghanaian giants thrashed Berekum Chelsea 2-1 at the Baba Yara Sports stadium in Kumasi last Wednesday.
Steven Mukwala was adjudged the Man of the Match award after his stellar performance against Berekum Chelsea to secure all three points for his team and dedicated his award to Augustine Opoku
“I dedicate this win and award to our supporter Augustine Opoku who lost his eye two seasons ago against this same opponent at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium,” he said
Chaotic scenes erupted in the Kumasi side’s Ghana Premier League game against Berekum Chelsea in 2020 as Kotoko fans, incensed by the referee’s decision to send off their defender, threw water bottles and other objects onto the pitch.
As tensions rose again after Kotoko lost the game 1-0, fans outside the stadium charged at the armoured police vehicles that the referee was being escorted out of the stadium, demanding that the match official be released to them.
In an attempt to clear the crowd, rubber bullets were fired at the fans which eventually landed on one Kotoko fan identified as Augustine Opoku, a commercial driver in Kumasi, sustaining serious injuries.
