The Black Stars of Ghana has qualified to the next African Cup of Nation in Ghana after beating Mauritius by two goals to nil.
After a barren first half of proceedings in the game, captain of the side and Swansea City's attacker Dede Ayew opened the scoring on the 71st minutes with Christian Atsu Twasam extending the lead to two some few minutes on the 74th minute to make it a double celebration in the game on a spot which was the match winning goals of the game that has led the country to her 21st AFCON participation.
Coach Avram Grant started with a strong squad that relatively needeed little effort to beat the Mauritius side but the heroics and brilliance of the Mauritius goalkeeper, the game became an arduous task which the Balack Stars came out victoriuos.
Razak Braimah was shielded in post by Harrison Afful on the right side of defence with Chelsea bound Baba Rahman on the left side of defence. Direct in front of him was on the left was Jonathan Mensah and John Boye on the right of the center half to complete a favourite back four.
As usual, Afriyie Acquah sat perfectly in front of the back four being ably supported by Mubarak Wakaso up front in the middle. Out wide on the right was Christian Atsu who gave Ghana the 74th goals and Frank Acheampong on the left side of the Ghanaian attack.
The captain of the side Dede Ayew who gave Ghana the opener on the 71st minute played behind his brother Jordan in the attack third of the side.
The game gave Atletico Madrid and Uefa Champions League finalist Thomas Teye Partey his national team debut on the 80th minute.
Ghana has qualified to the next AFCON along side ten other nations including the host nation Gabon. The final round of matches will be held in September to determine the rest of the six teams who will face off each other for glory come January 2017.
