Asante Kotoko have been bundled out of the CAF Confederation Cup after losing to CARA Brazzaville on penalties on Wednesday.
The Porcupine Warriors were left to rue their three missed penalties from the first leg as CARA levelled the deficit in regulation time to force the tie into penalties.
The Congolese side came up tops in the intense shootout 7-6 amidst wild jubilations from fans.
During the shootouts, goalkeeper Felix Annan opened the scoring but this was followed by successive misses from striker Obed Owusu and captain Amos Frimpong.
Annan did his best to save three spot kicks from CARA Brazzaville.
Defenders Nafiu Awudu and Mohammed Yakubu also scored before Jackson Owusu missed his kick.
Later Jordan Opoku and Baba Mahama found the back of the net to lead but CARA levelled.
Still, in sudden death, Kwame Boahene before CARA converted expertly to progress to the penultimate qualifying round.
