Ghana league Champions Asante Kotoko suffered a 2-0 loss to Al Hilal in their pre-season friendly on Tuesday in Sudan.
A goal from each halves from the host condemned the Porcupines to a defeat in the keenly contested game.
Asante Kotoko former left back featured for the home side where he captained the team.
However Al Hilal used only newly signed players for the game. They introduced Ajagun and Altahir who are the only old players for Al Hilal.
Kotoko are in Sudan for a pre-season tour as coach Seydou Zerbo fine-tune his team ahead of the start of the 2022/23 Ghana Premier League and the CAF Champions League which kick off on September 9th.