Ghana’s Black satellites announced
their return to the Africa U-20 Championship with an emphatic opening day
victory over debutants Tanzania.
Precious Boah’s brace, Issaku Fatawu’s sensational strike
and Schalke forward Josepho Barnes flicking goal was all that Ghana needed to
beat Tanzania 4-0 in their opening group C game.
The three time champions wasted no time in establishing
their intentions after Precious Boah’s curling freekick took a dink before
beating the Tanzanian goalie for the opener after just three minutes.
Abdul Issaku Fatawu scored what could end up being the goal
of the tournament, after brilliantly firing right after the second circle to
make it two before half time.
Coach Karim Zito replaced winger Eric Appiah with Legon
Cities Star Mathew Anim Cudjoe.
Moments later, Precious Boah doubled his tally to make it
three for Ghana after receiving a pass from Sulemana Mohammed, before dummying
one defender and slotting in beautifully.
Despite the strong performance by the WAFU champions,
Tanzania had their best moments but Dan Lad Ibrahim made two brilliant saves in
the 70th minute to deny them a consolation.
Patrick Mensah came on for goalscorer Precious Boah with
Daniel Barnieh also replacing Issahaku with eight minutes left.
Second half substitute Anim Cudjoe brilliantly found Josepho
Barnes with two minutes left, and the Schalke youth team player made no mistake
by finishing expertly as Ghana thrashed Tanzania.
The Black Satellites will next play Morocco on Friday and a
win will send them to the knockout stages.
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