KUMASI Asante Kotoko beat Egyptian side Ghazel El Mahalla 3-0 in the first leg of the in the African Cup Winners Cup competition quarter finals on Sunday. The "Kum Apem" boys now have one foot in the semi-final of a competition no Ghanaian club has ever won.
Kotoko, who've not won a continental cup in 19-year, started off well and dominated most of the first half. Stephen Oduro got the first goal in the 29th minute from a free-kick
Hamza Mohammed added the second just before half-time.
Captain Ablordey added a third from a penalty after the Egyptian defender handled the ball in the box. The oseikrom biys went through some anxious moments in the dying minutes, as the Egyptians had a goal disallowed, hit the crossbar and had a series of free-kicks and corner kicks
The second leg will be played in Egypt in 2 weeks time
Line Up: Osei Boateng, Aziz Ansah, Godfred Yeboah Isaac "Ninja" Owusu , Joe Hendricks, Mohammed Hamza, Michael Osei, Godwin Ablordey (Captain), Nana Arhin Duah, Shilla Alhassan, Stephen Oduro
Results from African Champions League matches
Following are results of two matches of African Champions League held on Saturday:African Champions League, group B
Esperance, Tunisia 2-0 ASAC Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire
Scorers: Mouine Chaabani 53, Khaled Badra 66
Halftime 0-0; Attendance: 21,000
Played earlier in Maputo: Costa do Sol, Mozambique, lost to Zamalek, Egypt, 0-2
Scorers: Abdelhalim Ali 61, Walid Salah Abdellatif 67
HT: 0-0; Att: 4,000
Standings: P W D L F A Pts
Zamalek 3 2 1 0 6 2 7
Esperance 3 2 1 0 4 1 7
ASEC Abidjan 3 1 0 2 6 5 3
Costa do Sol 3 0 0 3 0 8 0
