The second leg of the CAF Confederations Cup between Kumasi Asante Kotoko of Ghana and Club Athletique Renaissance Ainglo, CARA Brazzaville of Congo is billed to be an interesting battle for both sides as the battle line is drawn for both to take on each other for a berth in the second round of the competition.
Asante Kotoko SC starts their Confederations Cup redemption exercise against Club Athletic Renaissance Ainglo (CARA) of Congo this afternoon at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium. Better said, a crush of old foes who are very familiar with each other on the African terrain meeting meeting on a countable number of times.
It already promises to be a busy week in Africa as clubs engage eachother this weekend with mouthwatering set of games to sink our teeth into as the preliminary stage of the CAF Confederation Cup and CAF Champions League return.
All concentration splits back to the argument of who should have made it out of the Groups in this year's tournament as Dreams FC have proven beyond reasonable doubt that they were the better side after Kumasi Asante Kotoko in their group and Hearts of Oak, a better side to progress to the next stage of the competition.
Let us assume to say it is becoming boring a fixture of recent late as we've seen lots of them pouring down in the local game, be it a friendly or a competitive one.
Dreams FC will have it an heaven order in chasing an all important win this afternoon at Baba Yara Sports Stadium against Kumasi Asante Kotoko in the second round of matches in Group A in the 2017 GHALCA G-8 tournament.
At the Baba Yara Sports Stadium this afternoon, it will be a match of the most talked about team recently who are trying to blow out the marrow of purpose to critics and one that is like dead goat who fears no knife.
At the Cape Coast Sports Stadium, it will be a game between one club that have been active on the transfer market and the other who have been so silent in augmenting their squad for the upcoming season.
In whatever way you will love to churn out this clash to be between Aduana Stars and Dreams FC at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium, a lot will be left out unsaid, be it as a commercial game or a competitive one.
It's always a gruesome affair between Kumasi Asante Kotoko and Medeama SC in the MTN FA Cup and it surely will be once more this evening at the Len Clay Sports Stadium as both teams take on each other for a berth in this year's FA Cup final to be held in Tamale.
The long scheduled WAFU tournament that was organized among West African countries to be held in Ghana reaches it final hurdle between the host country, Ghana, and Nigeria at the Cape Coast Sports Stadium this evening.
Kumasi Asante Kotoko have already made their trip to Sogakope to face West Africa Football Academy (WAFA) in their outstanding league game this afternoon and it is the first time they have done so since their gory accident on the 7th July which claimed the life of Thomas Obeng Asare, the team's assistant equipment officer.
The Black Stars 'B' will have to not lose this afternoon at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium against Burkina Faso to ensure their qualification to the next CHAN tournament in February 2018 in Kenya.
The usual euphoria that surrounded games between Kumasi Asante Kotoko and Accra Hearts of Oak during the late nineties and the early millennium had vanished to thin air even before 2010 where the anger and quality in both clubs were to be considered when previewing the most prestigious and biggest game in the Ghanaian football calendar.
