Abdul-Karim Zito, the coach of Asante Kotoko, claims that the Golden Kick players became weary before the game-winning goal.
At the University of Ghana Sports Stadium on Sunday, the Porcupine Warriors won their 10th FA Cup trophy with a 2-1 victory over a lower-tier team.
Kwame Opoku sealed the victory for the Reds with two goals: a header in the 17th minute and a boldly executed penalty shot in the 89th.
Zito feels that Fiifi Parker Hanson's team's level of intensity had decreased despite the argument between Golden Kick referees and players following the penalty's award.
He told Citi Sports, "I told my boys that it would not be very easy for us, it is going to be tough, but at the end of the day, we would win," because they were starting to get tired, and we were pushing them.
"They began to feel exhausted before the penalty came; that is what happens when you battle your older brother," he continued.
Karin Zito has won two FA Cup championships as a head coach when Kotoko won the 2025 FA Cup, and in the process, they qualified to play in the CAF Confederation Cup the following season.
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One negative thing Ghana did as a nation was to fly money to Brazil, according to Justice Dzamefe.
Ghana's Supreme Court nominee, Justice Senyo Dzamefe, has called the airlift of money to Brazil during the 2014 FIFA World Cup one of the most heinous acts the nation has ever committed in sports administration.
Speaking at his vetting before the Appointments Committee of Parliament, Justice Dzamefe discussed the results of the Commission of Enquiry he presided over following Ghana's contentious campaign in Brazil.
In order to look into what caused Ghana to withdraw early from the tournament and the ensuing public outcry over financial mismanagement, then-President John Dramani Mahama formed the commission.
"We argued against paying players in cash. Dzamefe said, "We all saw what transpired in Brazil when we had to fly money to Brazil for payment. It was a horrible thing for Ghana."
The Justice pointed out that although the Commission has adopted some of its recommendations, others have not.
Notably, he criticized the state's continued practice of paying for fans' flights overseas, even though the Commission recommended paying for match tickets for Ghanaians who were already living in the host countries.
Citing delays in match-related financial preparations, Dzamefe again underlined the necessity of improved planning and budgeting.
For the state to prepare, he continued, "we suggested that they know well in advance."
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