The former Ghana international defender was part of the Asante Kotoko team of Hans Dieter Schmidt that lost the maiden CAF Confederation Cup final to rivals Accra Hearts of Oak and according to Issah Ahmed , that failure is always a nightmare.

“It is always a nightmare. I don’t want to even talk about that game. You all know how the game unfolded.” he said.

“I as a player that game affected me but I was able to bounce back and continued with my career. It was not easy feeling even till date.” the “Rock” said on Kumasi-based Silver FM on Wednesday.

Kotoko picked a first leg advantage with a 1-1 draw in Accra in the first leg of the historic final on January 2 but the second leg played a week later in Kumasi produced the same result as the Phobians lifted the trophy with an 8-7 penalty shootout win.