Confusion galore: Hearts beat Kotoko to qualify for final

The centre referee Prosper Addy after the full 90 minutes, walked straight into the dressing room with his assistants.

The fans who were not pleased with the decision of referee Addy, agitated and called for penalty shootout, before the referee and his assistants returned to the field to usher the two teams into penalty kicks.

It is understood that the referee wanted a replay to take place on a different day.

Patrick Acquah missed the last penalty kick for Kotoko to see Hearts of Oak through to the final.

The first half of the game couldn’t produce any goal, as both sides failed to create clear goal scoring chances.

In the second half the Porcupine Warriors started the game strongly and Obed Owusu should have broke the deadlock of the game after Dauda Mohammed robbed goalkeeper Ben Mensah and placed the ball on his path, yet he missed the chance.

However, it was Hearts of Oak who went ahead, after Felix Annan brought down Patrick Razak and Vincent Atinga scored from the resultant penalty kick in the 55th minute.

Asante Kotoko, following the goal by Hearts of Oak exerted their control on the game: Isaac Quansah could have scored for Kotoko, but Ben Mensah blocked his ball ball.

The Porcupine Warriors had to wait until Obed Owusu kicked a ball onto the waiting hands of a defender and referee Prosper Addy awarded a penalty to Kotoko in the 66th minute. Amos Frimpong scored to put them level.