The national team of Comoros was promoted for the first time in history to. Teams from East Africa found themselves in Group C from, Morocco and Ghana. The team led by Amir Abdou started the struggle in the group stage with defeats 0: 1 with Gabon and 0: 2 with Morocco. There were many indications that the rookies faced a similar fate against Ghana, where the main star is Thomas Partey z.
Africa Cup of Nations. Historical feat of Comoros
The national team of Comoros started the match with the national team in a fantastic way. The chambers counterattacked after the opponents ‘action and quickly began to move to the opponents’ penalty area. Ibroihim Youssouf cheated on one of the Ghanaians in the center of the pitch and went on the right-wing. The midfielder spotted El Fardou Ben immediately, who took advantage of the defenders’ poor performance to hit the bottom corner to give the Comoros the lead.
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Thus, the team led by Amir Abdou entered the pages of history as he scored the first goal in the African Cup of Nations. The situation improved even more for the Comoros as he received a red card in the 25th minute and Ghana had to finish weakened. In this case, an intervention of the system was needed and in the replays it was evident that Ayew had threatenedly attacked the Comorian goalkeeper with a sliding tackle.
Even though Ghana had one less player, she tried to reverse the result. The Comoros may not have been of great football quality, but they made up for it on the pitch with their bravery. The debutants scored 2-0 in the 62nd minute – Ahmed Mogni was looking for a space to strike against Thomas Partey. Mogni went down on his left foot and Joe Wollacott was unable to intervene effectively. Ghana responded with a hit two minutes later and the game was leveled on the 77th minute thanks to Alexander Dijku ze. Ahmed Mogni sealed the Comorian victory in the 85th minute.
Ghana thus dropped out of the African Cup of Nations after the group stage, and Comoros must wait for favorable results in the matches of the teams from the third place standings. Everything is clear now in three of the six African Cup of Nations groups. In Group C, where the Comoros are, Gabon and Morocco were directly promoted to the knockout stage, and in their direct match Gabon won 2-1. Burkina Faso and Guinea will surely play in the next phase of the tournament.
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