Rose Baah saved a penalty, then saw red as ten-woman Ampem Darkoa fell 2-0 to AS FAR and missed out on the semi-finals.
Ghana's Ampem Darkoa Ladies are out of the 2026 CAF Women's Champions League. A 2-0 loss to defending champions AS FAR in their final Group B match ended their semi-final hopes, and goalkeeper Rose Baah's red card proved the turning point.
The Ghanaian champions arrived in Morocco in good shape. They opened the group with a 5-1 win over USFAS Bamako of Mali, then edged Uganda's Kawempe Muslim Ladies 2-1. That left them in the semi-final race going into the AS FAR showdown.
Baah looked like the hero just before the break, when she saved a penalty to keep the Moroccan side from taking the lead. Five minutes after the restart, the match changed. After gathering the ball, the keeper appeared to stamp on an opponent's lower abdomen and was sent off, leaving Ampem Darkoa to play on with ten.
AS FAR made the extra player count and closed out a 2-0 win. The result left AS FAR, Kawempe Muslim Ladies and Ampem Darkoa level on six points in Group B. All three had beaten USFAS Bamako, so those results were left out when the tie was settled, and the matches among the three sides decided who went through.
For Ampem Darkoa, it is a painful end to a campaign that started so well. They showed real quality in their two wins, but one moment of indiscipline cost them against the reigning continental champions.
