Ghana In Jeopardy As They Struggle To Get Points In Afcon

 The blackstars of Ghana are really in great peril after gathering only a point in their first two Afcon Tournament Opener games.


The four times champions are now third placed in group C behind Morocco and Gabon who are 6 and 4 points respectively.

The blackstars will have to win their final match against debutants Comoros to give them hope of progressing to the knockout stage.

Arsenal midfielder Thomas Partey provided an assist to Andrew Ayew which gave the black stars an early lead only for Gabon to hit back with a last-gasp equaliser.

Ghana will be without Benjamin Tetteh for their final game after the substitute was shown a red card for throwing a punch after the full-time whistle was blown as things got heated in Cameroon.

The goalscorer's brother Jordan came close to doubling the lead in the second half, while Joseph Paintsil also had a chance to extend Ghana's lead, but they were made to pay for their missed chances when Jim Allevinah equalised with just two minutes left on the clock.

The game was supposed to be a battle between the Gunners man and his Arsenal colleague Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, but the Gabonese forward was left out after his country's medical team discovered "heart lesions".

The result leaves Ghana's hopes of qualification hanging in the balance, after Milovan Rajevac's side lost 1-0 to Morocco in their first group game.

Morocco are now through, having beaten Comoros 2-0 in the day's other Group C game.

Selim Amallah fired in a loose ball to open the scoring, and Zakaria Aboukhlal slotted in to complete the win for the Atlas Lions in the last minute.

However, Gabon are all but through, despite being without Aubameyang and fellow senior player Mario Lemina for their first two group games.

Four of the six third-place sides will make it into the last 16 of the competition, so there is still a chance for both Ghana and Gabon to progress.

Other matches 

Senegal were held in a goaless draw by Guinea as Naby Keita wins man of the match award in a dramatic display.


The two West African rivals share top spot in Group B with four points after winning their respective opening games on Monday.

Frank Mhango's double gave Malawi their first Africa Cup of Nations win since 2010, leaving Zimbabwe bottom of Group B going into the final round of matches on Tuesday afternoon; Ishmael Wadi had earlier opened the scoring for Zimbabwe in the 2-1 defeat

Malawi have three points from two games and lie third in the group behind Senegal and Guinea, who each have four points. Zimbabwe have lost both of their matches to date.

Malawi, whose only other win at the Cup of Nations was a 3-0 success over Algeria in 2010, play Senegal in their final Group B game at the same venue on Tuesday, while Zimbabwe will meet Guinea in Yaounde.

Upcoming fixtures 

Nigeria play Sudan at 7pm while Guinea Bissau play Egypt at 10pm.

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