The woes of the league champions,
Godfred Rockson snatched a late minute goal to cancel first half lead by Asokwa Deportivo, but Ashanti Gold got crashed from the competition, after Rockson and Paul Abaka wasted their penalty kicks, while Asokwa Deportivo scored all their 4 kicks.
Ashanti Gold have lost 3 consecutive games in all competitions: Liberty thrashed them 5-1 at Dansoman, before Dreams FC piped them 1-0, so the elimination from the MTN FA Cup would increase the pressure on the playing body, the management and the technical team
The supporters had earlier sent a petition to the board to cut down the salary of Kudjoe Fianoo, the CEO of the club and also sack the head coach Bashiru Hayford over the poor start to their title defence that has seen them win just a game in 7