Asante Kotoko SC head coach Abdul Karim Zito has refused to give up despite his outfit losing 1-0 at home to Wydad Casablanca in the 2025/26 CAF Confederation Cup first leg game.
The Porcupine Warriors trainer believe his lads showed up at the Accra Sports stadium on Sunday with a wonderful performance and can not take anything away from them though they lost. Zito remains optimistic going into the second leg and refuse to give up, insisting Kotoko is down but not out.
Asante Kotoko SC held WAC to a brilliant first half, taking the advantage to create some decent chances but struggled to found net.
The visitors with determination, utilized their physic to their benefit immediately after the first half, connecting perfectly a ball from a corner kick to hand them a 1-0 narrow victory just two minutes after recess.
Speaking at the presser after the encounter, Abdul Karim Zito remain positive with confidence of also beating WAC away to overturn scoreline.
“This is the game of football, sometimes certain things happen beyond your control and along the line it affected us, we are down but not out yet”
“Anything can happen in the second leg when we go there, and we as Kotoko are not going there as losers, we’re going there to step up our feet and play better than what we did”, he said.
“Football is not always right, we’ve lost here and WAC can also suffer defeat at home. It is not impossible rather very difficult situation but let’s all wait for the second leg”.
The return leg is scheduled for Friday, October 24, 2025 in Morocco.
The Porcupine Warriors trainer believe his lads showed up at the Accra Sports stadium on Sunday with a wonderful performance and can not take anything away from them though they lost. Zito remains optimistic going into the second leg and refuse to give up, insisting Kotoko is down but not out.
Asante Kotoko SC held WAC to a brilliant first half, taking the advantage to create some decent chances but struggled to found net.
The visitors with determination, utilized their physic to their benefit immediately after the first half, connecting perfectly a ball from a corner kick to hand them a 1-0 narrow victory just two minutes after recess.
Speaking at the presser after the encounter, Abdul Karim Zito remain positive with confidence of also beating WAC away to overturn scoreline.
“This is the game of football, sometimes certain things happen beyond your control and along the line it affected us, we are down but not out yet”
“Anything can happen in the second leg when we go there, and we as Kotoko are not going there as losers, we’re going there to step up our feet and play better than what we did”, he said.
“Football is not always right, we’ve lost here and WAC can also suffer defeat at home. It is not impossible rather very difficult situation but let’s all wait for the second leg”.
The return leg is scheduled for Friday, October 24, 2025 in Morocco.
