The ex-Porcupine Warrior believes the current crop of players plying their trade with the Kumasi-based club have gotten the wherewithal to reach the final of this season's Caf second-tier inter-club contest given their pedigree on the continent
Asante Kotoko have what it takes to reach the final of the 2025-26 CAF Confederation Cup, according to former midfield enforcer Michael Akuffo.
The Ghanaian record league holders are set to square off with their Nigerian counterparts Kwara United at the Accra Sports Stadium on Sunday for the first-leg tie of the continental second-tier inter-club contest for the preliminary stage.
And now, with the brewing tension that surrounds the crucial ties between the two west African sworn-rivals, the 37-year-old, who is being revered at the Ghanaian powerhouse is now urging the current playing body to make their supremacy count by going all the way to the final as they need to pay heed to their manager's tactical instructions on the field of play.
Gadafi as affectionately called by fans owing to his aggressive nature as a defensive midfielder on the pitch told Radio Gold: ''The club has every right to be in that competition and especially to get into the group stage and then to the quarter final, to the semifinals and to the finals.''
He continued: ''Just that the players have to get the dynamics of the coaches and [to be] tactically disciplined when they go on the field of play and I think with that why not.
“If he [coach Karim Zito] was able to do it with Dreams fc, he can do it with Kumasi Asante Kotoko. My emphasis is always on players trying to adopt the coach’s system, understand the system and then on the field of play you will be able to apply those systems, that is transitioning when attacking and transition when defending and we are good to go.''
