first AFCON qualifying win in 3 years
Ghana's national football team, the Black Stars, secured their first AFCON qualifying win in three years by defeating Somalia 2-0. The victory provides the team with their first points of the campaign under caretaker coach Kim Lars Björkegren.
Why it matters
This win is a significant morale boost for the Ghanaian team, ending a long winless streak in continental competition.
Ghana’s Black Stars ended a three-year wait for an Africa Cup of Nations qualifying win on Thursday, beating Somalia 2-0 at Sekondi through goals from Jonas Adjetey and Felix Afena-Gyan.
The victory, Ghana’s first in AFCON qualifying since November 2023 and their first points of the campaign, lifts them to third in Group C, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) said in its match report .
Ghana were awarded a penalty in the 13th minute after Alidu Seidu was fouled, but the captain, Jordan Ayew, missed it, CAF said. Adjetey broke the deadlock in first-half stoppage time, in the 45+2 minute, from a Mohammed Salisu assist, and Afena-Gyan doubled the lead in the 62nd minute from a move created by Mohammed Kudus.
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