{"id":40185,"date":"2024-01-15T17:00:21","date_gmt":"2024-01-15T17:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/?p=40185"},"modified":"2024-01-15T17:00:21","modified_gmt":"2024-01-15T17:00:21","slug":"afcon-2023-ghana-falls-to-cape-verde-in-group-b","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/afcon-2023-ghana-falls-to-cape-verde-in-group-b\/","title":{"rendered":"AFCON 2023: Ghana falls to Cape Verde in Group B"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The BlackStars fell to a late Gary Rodrigues goal in additional time in their opening game of the group games at the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON).<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7515973527815049\" data-ad-slot=\"5197133662\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The BlackStars were in their usual slow to start as they were stunned just 17 minutes after goalkeeper, Richard Ofori parried a shot from the captain, Ryan Mendes who fell kindly to Jameiro Monteiro to bundle home the first goal of the game.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>READ MORE: <a title=\"AFCON 2023: Osimhen saves Nigeria in draw with Equatorial Guinea in group opener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/afcon-2023-osimhen-saves-nigeria-in-draw-with-equatorial-guinea-in-group-opener\/\">AFCON 2023: Osimhen saves Nigeria in draw with Equatorial Guinea in group opener<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Ghana was second best on the day to the Blue Sharks even after they went behind to that shocking goal.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Majeed Ashimeru thought he had scored his first goal for the BlackStars, but it was chalked off after Ransford-Yeboah was adjudged to block the goalkeeper&#8217;s view leading to the equalizer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Djiku rose the highest to head home Jordan Ayew\u2019s corner from the left for the equalizer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>READ MORE: <a title=\"Chris Hughton expresses disappointment and issues apology to Ghanaians following the defeat of the Black Stars by Cape Verde\" href=\"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/chris-hughton-expresses-disappointment-and-issues-apology-to-ghanaians-following-the-defeat-of-the-black-stars-by-cape-verde\/\">Chris Hughton expresses disappointment and issues apology to Ghanaians following the defeat of the Black Stars by Cape Verde<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">In what looked like it was ending in a draw for both sides substitute, Gary Rodrigues tapped into an empty net after poor defending in a defense involving Salis, Djiku, and goalkeeper Richard Ofori.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Ghana will have to win against Egypt to harbor hopes of securing qualification for the next round of the tournament.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7515973527815049\" data-ad-slot=\"5197133662\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The BlackStars fell to a late Gary Rodrigues goal in additional time in their opening game of the group games at the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON). The BlackStars were in their usual slow to start as they were stunned just 17 minutes after goalkeeper, Richard Ofori parried a shot from the captain, Ryan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":40186,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17015,8417],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-40185","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-afcon-2023","8":"category-featured"},"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saharafootball.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/blackstars.jpeg?fit=1024%2C846&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8jzHl-as9","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":37656,"url":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/blackstars-draw-madagascar-in-afcon-qualifers\/","url_meta":{"origin":40185,"position":0},"title":"AFCON 2023 Qualifiers : BlackStars draw Madagascar","author":"Raphael Bannerman-Quartey","date":"June 18, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Ghana and Madagascar drew goalless in the Africa Cup of Nations Group E penultimate round of games at the Mahamasina Municipal Stadium, Madagascar. 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