Kotoko coach Karim Zito highlights significance of GHALCA prime 4 to African marketing campaign
Asante Kotoko head coach Abdul Karim Zito has underlined the essential position of the GHALCA High 4 event in his aspect’s preparations for the 2025/26 CAF Confederation Cup marketing campaign.
The Porcupine Warriors kicked off their High 4 journey with a slender defeat to Ghana Premier League champions Bibiani GoldStars on Wednesday on the College of Ghana Stadium. Either side are gearing up for continental soccer, with GoldStars set to characteristic within the CAF Champions League.
Talking forward of the opener, Zito pressured the importance of the competitors, describing it as a chance to face top-level opposition which is in any other case uncommon in Ghana.
“It [GHALCA Top 4] will assist me quite a bit, it is going to assist these of us who’ve certified for Africa,” Zito defined. “As a result of in Ghana, looking for matches like that is very, very troublesome. You do not see Kotoko enjoying Hearts as a result of they wish to strengthen their staff. You do not see Medeama enjoying Kotoko in pleasant matches. It does not come. I’ll take this one as a few of the pleasant matches we’re going to play and the way I would like my boys to play. So I’ll assess the boys by the High 4 and see how finest we are able to additionally face Africa.”
Kotoko will open their CAF Confederation Cup marketing campaign in opposition to Nigeria’s Kwara United within the first preliminary spherical, internet hosting the primary leg in Kumasi between September 19 and 21, earlier than travelling to Ilorin for the return fixture from September 26 to twenty-eight.
A victory will arrange a highly-anticipated second-round conflict with Moroccan giants Wydad Casablanca in October, a tie that would outline Kotoko’s continental ambitions.
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