Kumasi Asante Kotoko sailed to the semi final stage of the Mylik Classic Under 19 soccer tournament when they beat Intermillas 2-0 in a Group A match at the Accra Sports Stadium on Friday.

The Porcupine Warriors who had earlier beaten F/C Midjtlland by a lone goal on the opening day of the competition scored the first goal on four minutes through Yaw Sarpong.

Intermillas fought back and came close on many occasions but Eric Nii Bah in goal for Kotoko would not give in as he made a couple of great saves to deny the Intermillas lads.

Kotoko defended well in the second half as Fuseni Mumuni, Domonic Kusu and Yahaya Seidu halted all the forays of Intermillas, spearheaded by Muniru Ataa Yahaya.

The Kumasi chaps took over proceedings again ten minutes into the second half and subjected Intermillas to incessant pressure which yielded dividends in the 59th minute when Edmund Owusu Peprah scored to cushion their lead.

And with the defeat of Feyenoord in the second match by F/C Midtjilland the Porcupine Warriors became the first team to go through to the next round of the Competition.

Coach Sam Arday's boys who played a delightful game lost to the bigger and more physical Maamobi Danes by 3-2.

Richard Asare scored first for Midtjilland on five minutes and center forward Iddi Yekini equalized four minutes later when he took advantage of a defensive laxity from the Midtjilland rear line.

Benard Asare scored a brace for Midtjilland in the 27th and 66th minutes before the petite lads from Gomoa Fetteh got out of their slumber once more and carried the game to their opponents.

Noel Nyasugbor combined well with Isaac Bortey and Jordan Opoku as they drew rings around the "Maamobi Danes" but over elaboration prevented them from scoring.

With three minutes remaining, nimble footed Mohammed Abubakar reduced the tally when he jabbed in from a crunchy goalmouth action.

Feyenoord had the last chance of the match to even scores but Isaac Bortey fired wide from three metres.