Jordan Ayew's late winner fires Ghana a precious 1-2 win over Mali at the Stade du 26 Mars to secure their second win in the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.
The Malians made a very good start to the game and came so close to scoring but Lasine Sinayoko had his effort tipped off the crossbar by Ati-Zigi a wasted corner kick.
Minutes later, Tariq Lamptey made a daring run on the run to set up Kudus Mohammed in the box but the West Ham United man couldn't struck goal-ward.
Antoine Semenyo in the space of five minutes had to decent chances to score for the visitors but all efforts were off targets.
Just on the stroke of half time, the Malians snatched the lead through Kamory Doumbia whose initial shot got blocked and deflected into his own body to get into the net.
Back from recess, Ghana with a huge opportunity to level the score after Tariq Lamptey located Semenyo at far post with a cross but couldn't make it count. That was a huge miss!
On the 56th minute, the Black Stars got themselves back on level terms through Ernest Nuamah who connected with a brave header from a Salis Abdul Samed cross.
The game was hung in balance with both teams taking the game at each other in search of another but the homesters were slightly ahead in terms of dominance.
The Eagles had two glorious opportunities through Bilal Toure but the Atalanta forward blasted all wide for a goal-kick.
Ghana with a precious chance to score after Jordan Ayew made a very good run to set Thomas Partey up but his effort was stopped.
Few minutes later, Abdul Fatawu Issahaku did a great job on the right to set up Jordan Ayew who struck into the net to hand the the four-time champions the lead for the first time in the game.
After six matches, Ghana finally secure it first win in 2024 and will host Central African Republic in the next round of matches on Monday, June 10.
