Former Asante Kotoko midfielder Yussif Chibsah believes rivals Hearts of Oak were destined to win the CAF Confederation Cup despite the Reds being the better side in the final.
Fifteen years after losing to the Phobians in the maiden edition of the tournament, Chibsah still reels in pain and revealed he did not step out for three days after the game.
The 36-year old insists the Porcupine Warriors were unlucky in that final after taking the lead in both home and away games only to suffer defeat on penalties.
"I was hurt for three days, I didn't go out. For three days I was indoors, it was unbelievable because we had Hearts of Oak, we had control and then we had no excuses to have lost that cup but casting my mind back, Hearts of Oak were just destined to win that game," he told Benjamin Nketsia on Citi Tv's The Tracker show.
"If you look at the first leg in Accra, we went ahead to score, they equalized in the injury time and in Kumasi we went ahead to score, they equalized and won with penalties. So in both games we were on top and like I said it was just destiny," he added.
By Lukman Abdul Mumin