The Black
Satellites of Ghana on Saturday beat Sierra-Leone 2-1 at the Tamale Stadium to
advance to the next stage of the African Youth qualifiers.
The
Satellites who were going into the game as favorites with a 2-0 advantage of
their Sierra Leonean counterparts went behind in the 29th minutes
when the visitors got the opener through an excellent free kick which beat
Ghana goal keeper Siedu Mutawakilu in post. The Sierra Leoneans could have rewarded
themselves with a second goal 5 minutes later when they capitalized on a
defensive blander by Ghana defender Patrick Asmah, but tall lanky Mutawakilu
stood to his grounds to tip the ball away to corner.
Ghana
however got themselves on level terms when 2013 Bronze ball winner at the World
cup Clifford Aboagye took on two defenders to lay a nice pass to winger Thomas
Agyapong who slotted from close range to draw the Satellites level at half
time.
The 2013
World Cup bronze medalist shot themselves in front within 5 minutes in the
second half through Liberty professional’s defensive midfielder Latif Abubarkar
to end the game 2-1 in favor of the Black Satellites.
The win thus
means Coach Silas Tetteh’s men advance to the next round of qualifiers on a 4-1
aggregate score. Ghana will now face either Gabon or Rwanda in the next round.
By Frank
Darkwah
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