The Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) once again proved to be full of surprises. If host nation Ivory Coast failed to qualify for Group A, the same fate befell Ghana, who played out a dramatic draw with Mozambique in the final round of Group B.
Ghana, who only had one point before the match, started the match well. Genk winger Joseph Paintsil broke the penalty area and earned a penalty. Jordan Ayew stepped behind the ball and calmly passed it into the bottom right corner – 0:1.
Ghana doubled their lead in the 70th minute. Last summer, Mohammed Kudus, who moved from Ajax Amsterdam to West Ham United in the English Premier League, hit an opponent in the penalty area, the action hit the defender’s hand – another penalty! Ayew took the weight back and was confident – 0:2.
In the virtual ranking, Ghana was second at that point. They were there even at the end of normal times, but then something happened. More precisely, the excitement started already in the 90th minute, because the ball hit the hand of their player Andre Ayew in Ghana’s penalty area – Mozambique earned a penalty! 90+1. Geny Catamo, who passed behind the ball in the minute, imitated Jordan Ayew and placed the ball firmly in the bottom right corner.
Even though Mozambique scored a goal, it was still no bad thing for Ghana as time was running out and the lead continued to be theirs… But not for long. Mozambique earned 90+4. corner kick in the minute, when Ghanaian gloveman Richard Ofori accidentally touched the ball as it headed over the back line. Shaquille launched a corner kick into the area, from where Reinildo Mandava, the Atletico Madrid man, rose above everyone and headed the ball into the right corner of the crossbar!
Ghana lost a 2-0 lead in almost three minutes and probably a pass as they have two points after three rounds. The group system of the AFCON is such that the top four third-place finishers advance in each of the six groups playoff I. With the final round of Group Four pending, Ghana are in fifth place. Mozambique, who also collected two points, remained last in the group.
So when everything went wrong in Ghana Egyptwhich has been almost as disappointing so far, they narrowly managed to get out of the group while the group winner drew 2-2 Cape Verde Islands. Greenland Islands won the first half 1-0, Benchimo scored in extra minutes. In the 50th minute Trezeguet equalized.
90+3. minute, Egypt, playing for the injured Mohamed Salah, looked set to get their first win of the tournament when Mostafa Mohamed gave them the lead. But no, the Green Islands had the answer in the deck of cards: it said 90+9. at the minute Bryan Teixeira out in the open. Cape Verde picked up seven points in the group stage, while Egypt, who had finished second, gained just three points.
Results:
Group B:
Mosambiik – Ghana 2:2 (0:1)
90+1. quill. Geny Catamo, 90+4. Reinildo Mandava – 15th pen., 70th pen. Jordan Ayew,
Cape Verde – Egypt 2:2 (1:0)
45+1. Benchimol, 90+9. Bryan Teixeira – 50. Trezeguet, 90+3. Mostafa Mohamed
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2024-01-22 23:22:04
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