CAF CC: Asante Kotoko 2 – 1 Zesco United (As it happened)

10′ ASante Kotoko 1 – 0 Zesco

A deflected shot beats Jacob Banda in goal as the hosts tale the lead

11′ ASante Kotoko 1 – 0 Zesco

Zesco defense split again and Banda is beaten easily outside the box but the striker shoots wide despite the keeper off his goal line.

Zesco living dangerously!

14 Kotoko 1-0 ZESCO

12′ ASante Kotoko 1 – 0 Zesco

Kambole finds space in the box and gets a free header but his effort is over the bar.

He should have made the keeper work!

16′ AKFC 1-0 ZUFC (Kwame Bonsu 10′)

Kambole drives into the box with a good run from the left but his final ball rolls across the face of goal.

19′ AKFC 1-0 ZUFC (Kwame Bonsu 10′)

Penalty to Zesco United

20′ AKFC 1-0 ZUFC (Kwame Bonsu 10′)

Jesse Were penalty is emphatically saved

23′ AKFC 1-0 ZUFC (Kwame Bonsu 10′)

Jacob Banda does well to aid his defense as he comes way off his line to collect a cross from the right and he is fouled

Goal Alert

AKFC 2-0 ZUFC (Kwame Bonsu 10′)

25′ AKFC 2-0 ZUFC (Kwame Bonsu 10′)

Zesco with some lacklustre defending from a throw and they are punished from a ball that could have been easily defended

28′ AKFC 2-0 ZUFC (Kwame Bonsu 10′, Emmanuel Gyamfyi 25′)

Zesco on the ropes as Kotoko continue attacking

33′ AKFC 2-0 ZUFC (Kwame Bonsu 10′, Emmanuel Gyamfyi 25′)

Clement Mwape goes down injured after being elbowed by Songwe. Yellow card to the Kotoko player

35′ AKFC 2-0 ZUFC (Kwame Bonsu 10′, Emmanuel Gyamfyi 25′)

Sub for Zesco United.

Clement Mwape out for Enock Sabamukamu

36′ AKFC 2-0 ZUFC (Kwame Bonsu 10′, Emmanuel Gyamfyi 25′)

Jesse Were us denied from close range after a good build up from Zesco United which opened up the Kotoko defense

40′ AKFC 2-0 ZUFC (Kwame Bonsu 10′, Emmanuel Gyamfyi 25′)

Another good attacking move by Zesco sees Were go in a good run on the left but he is flagged off-side

43′ AKFC 2-0 ZUFC (Kwame Bonsu 10′, Emmanuel Gyamfyi 25′)

Good inter-change of passes on the edge of the box by the hosts ends with a shot on target but it is straight a goal keeper Banda who saves easily

45′ AKFC 2-0 ZUFC (Kwame Bonsu 10′, Emmanuel Gyamfyi 25′)

2 minutes added at the end of the first half

AKFC 2-0 ZUFC (Kwame Bonsu 10′, Emmanuel Gyamfyi 25′)

– Half Time

AKFC 2-0 ZUFC (Kwame Bonsu 10′, Emmanuel Gyamfyi 25′) HT

First Half Possession

AKFC – 53%
ZUFC – 47%

Zesco kick off the second half

46′ AKFC 2-0 ZUFC (Kwame Bonsu 10′, Emmanuel Gyamfyi 25′)

Clear chance for Kotoko but Banda saves well at point blank

50′ AKFC 2-0 ZUFC (Kwame Bonsu 10′, Emmanuel Gyamfyi 25′)

Akumu has dropped into central defense after the tactical withdrawal of Clement Mwape

51′ AKFC 2-0 ZUFC (Kwame Bonsu 10′, Emmanuel Gyamfyi 25′)

Yacouba proving a handful for the Zesco defense as he wins a ball off Odhiambo but a last ditch tackle from Akumu blocks the shot for a corner

53′ AKFC 2-0 ZUFC (Kwame Bonsu 10′, Emmanuel Gyamfyi 25′)

Attack led by Quadri on the left ends with a cross into the box but they defend well

55′ AKFC 2-0 ZUFC (Kwame Bonsu 10′, Emmanuel Gyamfyi 25′)

Good play by Chingandu as Zesco create a chance but Sabamukamu shoots over the bar from inside the box

57′ AKFC 2-0 ZUFC (Kwame Bonsu 10′, Emmanuel Gyamfyi 25′)

Shot in target for Kotoko but Banda is equal to the task as he parries it over the bar

59′ AKFC 2-0 ZUFC (Kwame Bonsu 10′, Emmanuel Gyamfyi 25′)

Yacouba again breaks on the left and beats Akumu for strength but Odhiambo reacts quick to clear the cross

60′ AKFC 2-0 ZUFC (Kwame Bonsu 10′, Emmanuel Gyamfyi 25′)

Zesco United caught in a 1 v 1 situation but Yacouba shoots over the bar with only the keeper to beat

64′ AKFC 2-0 ZUFC (Kwame Bonsu 10′, Emmanuel Gyamfyi 25′)

Game being played mostly in the midfield now

Sub for Zesco United

Rahim Osumanu in for Jesse Were

68′ AKFC 2-0 ZUFC (Kwame Bonsu 10′, Emmanuel Gyamfyi 25′)

Osumanu wins a free kick on the right deep in the Kotoko half

70′ AKFC 2-0 ZUFC (Kwame Bonsu 10′, Emmanuel Gyamfyi 25′)

Simon Silwimba gets a yellow card after pulling back the striker

Goal Alert

73′ AKFC 2-0 ZUFC (Kwame Bonsu 10′, Emmanuel Gyamfyi 25′)

Zesco pull one back through Rahim Osumanu

73′ AKFC 2-0 ZUFC (Kwame Bonsu 10′, Emmanuel Gyamfyi 25′ | Rahim Osumanu)

Rahim pounced on a ball into the box to loop it over the on rushing keeper with a header

Sub for Zesco

John Chingandu out for Misheck Chaila just before the goal

79′ AKFC 2-1 ZUFC (Kwame Bonsu 10′, Emmanuel Gyamfyi 25′ | Rahim Osumanu)

Double sub for Kotko

Yacouba out; Nyarko in

Senamu out; Mohammad in

81′ AKFC 2-1 ZUFC (Kwame Bonsu 10′, Emmanuel Gyamfyi 25′ | Rahim Osumanu)

Shot on target is ferocious but straight at Banda who saves, Anywhere on his side it would have been a goal

84′ AKFC 2-1 ZUFC (Kwame Bonsu 10′, Emmanuel Gyamfyi 25′ | Rahim Osumanu)

Very good header from Rahim is parried for a corner by Annan in the Kotoko goal.

Close!

89′ AKFC 2-1 ZUFC (Kwame Bonsu 10′, Emmanuel Gyamfyi 25′ | Rahim Osumanu)

Chance to Kotoko comes off the upright

90′ AKFC 2-1 ZUFC (Kwame Bonsu 10′, Emmanuel Gyamfyi 25′ | Rahim Osumanu)

Straight red to Kondwani Mtonga after stamping on a Kotoko player

3 minutes added

Jese were was the palookas he lucked confedence and kambole he was no were to be seen. Zesco change your game tactic.

AKFC 2-1 ZUFC (Kwame Bonsu 10′, Emmanuel Gyamfyi 25′ | Rahim Osumanu)

Full Time

Zesco has raised game for real. So pro.
But Kondwani red card?? Maybe first red in his career.