{"id":44681,"date":"2025-10-20T12:04:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T12:04:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/?p=44681"},"modified":"2025-10-20T12:04:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T12:04:11","slug":"cafcc-we-are-not-going-as-losers-zito-optimistic-ahead-of-wac-return-leg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/cafcc-we-are-not-going-as-losers-zito-optimistic-ahead-of-wac-return-leg\/","title":{"rendered":"CAFCC : &#8220;We are not going as losers &#8221; &#8211; Zito optimistic ahead of WAC Return leg"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><strong>Kotoko coach Karim Zito remains hopeful his team can turn things around in the return leg against WAC.<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7515973527815049\" data-ad-slot=\"5197133662\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<div>The Ghanaian team lost at home against the Moroccan team and will have to play above their weight levels in the second leg if they harbor any plans of securing qualification to the next stage of the competition.<\/div>\n<div>READ MORE :\u00a0<a title=\"Morocco beat  Argentina to clinch FIFA U20 World Cup\" href=\"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/morocco-beat-argentina-to-clinch-fifa-u20-world-cup\/\">Morocco beat Argentina to clinch FIFA U20 World Cup<\/a><\/div>\n<div>Speaking to reporters in his post-game interview, Zito is hopeful.<\/div>\n<div>He\u2019s hopeful the team can turn things around.<\/div>\n<div>\u2018\u2019\u2019If someone told me I&#8217;ll lose this game, I would say, NO, because I prepared the team well.\u2019<\/div>\n<div>Sometimes, certain things happen beyond your control.<\/div>\n<div>I admit there were mistakes in the game that affected us, but I\u2019m hopeful ahead of the second leg.<\/div>\n<div>READ MORE :\u00a0<a title=\"Match Highlights : Kotoko 0-1 WAC\" href=\"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/cafcc-2025-26-kotoko-0-1-wac\/\">Match Highlights : Kotoko 0-1 WAC<\/a><\/div>\n<div>We are not going as losers but to play better than what we did here,\u201d he told reporters.<\/div>\n<div>Kotoko will need to overturn a goal deficit and beat WAC to advance when the pair meet on Friday, 24,2025<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7515973527815049\" data-ad-slot=\"5197133662\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kotoko coach Karim Zito remains hopeful his team can turn things around in the return leg against WAC. The Ghanaian team lost at home against the Moroccan team and will have to play above their weight levels in the second leg if they harbor any plans of securing qualification to the next stage of the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":43812,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9536,8417],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-44681","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-caf-confederation-cup","8":"category-featured"},"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saharafootball.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Karim-Zito.jpeg?fit=292%2C173&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8jzHl-bCF","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":38180,"url":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/dreams-fc-coach-karim-zito-satisfied-with-caf-confederation-cup-draw\/","url_meta":{"origin":44681,"position":0},"title":"Dreams FC coach Karim Zito satisfied with CAF Confederation Cup draw","author":"Selasi Fiawoyi","date":"July 27, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Dreams FC coach Karim Zito satisfied with CAF Confederation Cup draw. 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