Cameroon/AFCON 2021:Late Equaliser Puts Ghana on The Brink Of Elimination

The Black Stars of Ghana once again left the pitch with a lot of regrets after playing a one all draw against the Panthers of Gabon. Trailing the score thanks to a shot outside the penalty box by Andre Ayew on the 19th minute of the match.

For their second straight match Gabon was playing without their talisman Pierre Emerick Aubameyang and their midfielder Mario Lemina. The Arsenal striker still had traces of the Coronavirus in his system.

The Panthers started the match well as their full backs made several incursions in the Ghanian defence but Daniel Amartey was very vigilant. Jordan Ayew gave had times to his marker on the other side. In the half-time Ghana was one goal up.

In the second half, Gabon exerted pressure on the Ghanaian defence but their attempts were not concretised. Dennis Bouanga was substituted by Jim Allevinah ten minutes to end of the match. Coach Patrice Neveu’s change was fruitful as eight minutes later he netted the equaliser for Gabon.

It was a bitter pill for Ghana as brawl erupted at the end of the match and their player Benjamin, Tetteh was given a red card. Ghana now have to win their last group stage match against Comoros keep their chances of qualifying for the next. On the other hand, Gabon are on the good foot make it in the last 16.  

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‘We Succeeded To Get A Result’-Patrice Neveu (Coach, Gabon)

"We were not really at our gameourselves more. I think the draw is a fair result. We missed many of our key players, but we succeeded to come out with a result.”
 in the first half like we did in the first game. In the second half we were more offensive and aggressive, and we trusted .

‘We Need To Work Hard To Get Three Points In The Next Game,’-Milovan Rajevac, Coach, Ghana

"It was a difficult and competitive game and we were supposed to end the match winning, but as in the first game we lost concentration. I hope in the next game we can do better and let’s work hard to collect the three points to move on to the next stage. We need to stay focused and be strong-minded to move on.”