Ghana’s Black Stars played Central Africa Republic in their second group game of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers in Angola on Sunday afternoon.
The Black Stars shared the spoils with the minnows as it ended 1-1 on the day despite Ghana being the better team throughout the match.
The Black Stars had 71 percent of the ball but failed to make good use of their dominance as they dropped valuable points on the road.
Ghana begun the game with a high Tempo and got their reward on the 17th minute mark when AFC Ajax Amsterdam midfielder Mohammed Kudus scored a beauty to put the visitors 1-0 up.
Sloppy play by Edmund Addo in midfield and Jonathan Mensah’s inability to chase down Karl Namnganda cost Ghana the equalizer four mintues to the end of the first half of the match.
Ghana came into the game stronger but failed to get shots on target in the second half early stages.
Jonathan Mensah following a corner kick had a serious head injury after crashing with a defender inside the box as his situation looked dangerous and needed the ambulance to take him away.
The home team resorted to hard tackles and distracted the Ghana team from playing free flowing football.
Mohammed Kudus had a chance to play Kwasi Okyere Wriedt through but held onto the ball and blasted his effort way over the top of the goal Post.
It ended 1-1 as Ghana failed to make it two wins out of two matches in the opening two games in the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers.
