The FC St. Gallen goalie, has applauded the Black Stars’ team spirit in their fightback draw against Angola on Monday 27th March, 2023 in the 2023 Africa Cup Nations qualifier.
Ghana rallied back from a goal down to draw 1-1 against the South African country to move top of Group E with eight points.
Angola were the better team in the opening exchanges and nearly took the lead under one minute with good effort from the left side of attack.
The Palancas Negras remained the better team and probed further in the first half with consistent attack on the porous defense of the Stars.
The Ghana team came forward on one or two occasions with Antoine Semenyo heavily involved in all the attacks of the Stars team.
The opening half ended goalless.
In the second half of the match, Angola remained the better team and was rewarded for their effort when they were awarded a spot kick.
Reading FC forward, Jaoa Lucas converted the spot kick to give the Red and Blacks outfit a deserving lead.
Ghana’s coach, Chris Hughton made substitution which had a straight forward impact on the team as Ghana begun taking control of game.
Joseph Paintsil set up Osman Bukari to score the equalizer for Ghana 18 minutes to the end of the match as it ended 1 – 1 at full time.
With the draw on Monday, Ghana remains at the top of Group E in the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifiers.
“Difficult game but we fought so hard to get a point. We keep going” He posted on Instagram
Coach Hughton has had an impressive start to his new job, having won one and drawn the other game.
