Al Khartoum coach Kwesi Appiah is disappointed his side were knocked out of the first round of the CAF Confederation Cup, crumbling his ambitions for the season.
The forner Black Stars captain and coach were sent parking out of the continental inter-club football competition after losing 1-0 to Ugandan Sports Club Villa over the weekend.
It was the second time the Ghanaian has failed to guide the Sudanese side past the first round of the competition, but he believed he had the squad to beat Sports Club Villa away from home to qualify despite drawing the first leg in Khartoum.
“I feel really disappointed because I don’t think we deserve to go out at this stage of the competition, but saying that; we should have won the game in Khartoum because we had so many opportunities to score more and we failed,” the former Asante Kotoko defender told the press.
“This what happens in football, when you fail to take your chances in high level games like this, you get punished,” he added.
Al Khartoum missed numerous chances including a penalty to give themselves an advantage ahead of the second leg, and Kwesi Appiah reckon they were punished for being profligate in front of goal.
“If you look at the game you will realize that we had many chances, we had a penalty but we failed to score and is a little bit worrying when you get the opportunities and you fail to bury them. If you take your opportunities, you are encouraged to fight to the end.
“My main ambition was to get the team to the finals but unfortunately we couldn’t make it and I am very disappointed we’ve failed ourselves and the fans.” He said.
My Ambition Was To Reach CAFCC Final - Kwesi Appiah
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