WAFU Cup of Nations

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Match Report

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Ghana in WAFU quarters after win over Gambia

Ghana kicked off the defence of their WAFU Cup of Nations title with a slender 1-0 win over Gambia,

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Head to Head

GHA leads series 1-0

Lineups

GHA

  1. 1Eric Ofori AntwiG
  2. 8James AkaminkoD
  3. 2Abdul FatawuD
  4. 15Benjamin KoteyD
  5. 5Mohammed AlhassanD
  6. 6Maccarthy AppiahM
  7. 13Abdul Latif AnabilaM
  8. 3Ibrahim ImoroM
  9. 4Issaka MohammedM
  10. 14Mumuni ShafiuF
  11. 10Joseph EssoF

GAM

  1. 1Ensa JarjuG
  2. 2Adama JarjuD
  3. 9Momodou BojangD
  4. 16Hamidou BojangD
  5. 5Sadi GayeD
  6. 15Ebrima SidibehD
  7. 20Salifu CeesayM
  8. 8Momodou CeesayM
  9. 11Gibril SillahM
  10. 12James GomezM
  11. 19Modou ChamF

Timeline

  1. 41' Ibrahim Imoro (Ghana) Yellow Card at 41'
  2. 54' Samba Jawneh (Gambia) Substitution at 54'
  3. 61' Augustine Okrah (Ghana) Substitution at 61'
  4. 63' Mohammed Alhassan (Ghana) Yellow Card at 63'
  5. 66' Joseph Esso (Ghana) Goal at 66'
  6. 70' Amadou Sarr (Gambia) Substitution at 70'
  7. 73' Habib Mohammed (Ghana) Substitution at 73'
  8. 76' Muhammed Samba (Gambia) Substitution at 76'
  9. 79' Justice Blay (Ghana) Substitution at 79'
  10. 83' Abdul Latif Anabila (Ghana) Yellow Card at 83'

WAFU Cup of Nations News

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