The Black Stars have moved to the top of Group G following the narrow win over the Warriors on Tuesday
Ghana defeated Zimbabwe to 1-0 complete a double over the Warriors in the 2022 Fifa World Cup qualifiers at the National Sports on Tuesday.
The win means that Ghana have moved top of the Group G log with nine points, two points ahead of South Africa who will play Ethiopia later in the day.
The Black Stars began the game with two changes to their squad that won the first leg in Cape Coast Sports Stadium last weekend. Captain Andre Ayew and youngster Abdul Fatawu Issahaku were benched for Benjamin Tetteh and Baba Iddrisu respectively.
After an end-to-end action in the opening ten minutes of the game, Zimbabwe started to cause troubles.
Kelvin Mosunde nearly got the opening goal for Zimbabwe by the 24th after he narrowly missed a cross from Khamat Billiat.
Three minutes later, Zimbabwe had another opportunity after a poor control from Ghana goalkeeper Wollacot after a pass from Baba Iddrisu nearly fell in the way of Knowledge Musonda. However, the shot-stopper recovered on time to save the situation.
Ghana took the lead by the 31st minute through Thomas Teye Partey. The Arsenal midfielder perfectly sent in his free kick
On the stroke of halftime, Daniel Amartey nearly doubled Ghana’s lead but his last ditch effort was cleared off the line and Benjamin Tetteh’s strike from rebound went high.
After the break, Kudus Mohammed almost doubled the Black Stars lead with a long range shot. However, his effort was denied by the cross bar.
On 55th minute, Jordan Zumuru came close to equalise for Zimbabwe when he was played through by his teammate but he surprisingly fluffed the opportunity.
Ghana coach Milovan Rajevac brought on Daniel Kofi Kyereh for Kamaldeen Sulemana by the 65th minute and the St. Pauli midfielder nearly scored with his first touch of the game.
Andre Ayew, Caleb Ekuban and Samuel Owusu later came in for Kudus, Tetteh and Jordan Ayew respectively to wind up time and secure a win.
South Africa will lock horns with Ethiopia in the other group game at the Soccer City Sports Stadium in Johannesburg and a win for the Bafana Bafana will see them reclaiming the top spot.
Ghana will play Ethiopia next month away in the penultimate game in Addis Ababa before they host South Africa to decide who will make it out of the group.
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