A historic night for Comoros
Comoros created history on Tuesday night as they secured their first-ever win in the Africa Cup of Nations to knock out four-time winners Ghana in a five-goal thriller.
It was a night of firsts for the island nation as they kicked off proceedings by scoring their first ever goal at an AFCON tournament as El Fardou Mohamed Ben Nabouhane put them ahead just four minutes into the game.
A historic moment for the island nation as Comoros take the lead against Ghana who are currently heading out of the tournament #AFCON2021 pic.twitter.com/j4OEPW4P8I
— FootballJOE (@FootballJOE) January 18, 2022
Ghana’s first-half woes then continued as they were reduced to 10-men after captain André Ayew was shown a controversial red card following a challenge on goalkeeper Salim Ben Boina.
Things go from bad to worse for Ghana as captain André Ayew is shown a straight red card. Right decision? #AFCON2021 pic.twitter.com/ecqSDQ2Dcc
— FootballJOE (@FootballJOE) January 18, 2022
Ahmed Mogni then doubled Comoros’ lead shortly after the hour-mark, biding his time on the edge of the box before unleashing a rifled effort into the bottom corner.
Ghana however then began their fightback just three minutes later after substitute Richmond Boakye capitalised on some poor goalkeeping from Ali Ahamada to send a looping header into the net.
The Black Stars then completed their comeback as centre-back Alexander Djiku tapped home from close range from a flick-on to level up the score.
One more goal for Ghana and they’ll go through as one of the best third-placed teams. Tense ending to this one coming up #AFCON2021 pic.twitter.com/THlcSkW826
— FootballJOE (@FootballJOE) January 18, 2022
But as Ghana pushed for a third goal, which would have secured their passage to the knockout stages as one of the best third-placed teams, Comoros had other ideas.
The ten men of Ghana continued to push forward, allowing the minnows to counter-attack. Mogni was on hand once again to fire home in the box and restore Comoros’ lead.
What an unbelievable game! Comoros take the lead once again and look set to knock Ghana out of #AFCON2021 pic.twitter.com/i70Jl55Haf
— FootballJOE (@FootballJOE) January 18, 2022
Despite their efforts to peg Comoros back again, Ghana were unable to find a third and suffered an embarrassing defeat to finish bottom of Group C.
Comoros meanwhile will face a nervy wait to see if they will qualify as one of the best-third placed nations in the tournament.
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