Kumasi Asante Kotoko Sporting Club head coach Abdul Karim Zito has stated that the absence of striker Kwame Opoku affected his team’s chances of winning its big game against Bibiani Gold Stars.
Gold Stars drew goalless with Kotoko in Bibiani in the biggest matchup in the latest round of Ghana Premier League games in the 2024-2025 season.
Opoku is one of four players from the Ghana League named in the Black Stars squad for the Unity Cup that takes place in London later this month. (Click highlighted text to read full story)
Speaking in a post-game interview after the heated game that drew immense criticism from Kotoko quarters over the reported poor performance of the game officials but Karim Zito pointed to Opoku’s absence as a big loss.
“I missed one of my best players so definitely he being absent in this game has affected me. I wish he was here today with us so it’s a fact but I can’t stop him from progressing his life as a footballer. Even myself, if Black Stars come for me, I will also go. Yes I miss him but I have not regretted him going.”
Ghana will compete against Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago and Nigeria in the Unity Cup.
