{"id":42640,"date":"2024-11-19T17:08:32","date_gmt":"2024-11-19T17:08:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/?p=42640"},"modified":"2024-11-19T17:08:32","modified_gmt":"2024-11-19T17:08:32","slug":"afcon-2025-niger-roast-ghana-in-accra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/afcon-2025-niger-roast-ghana-in-accra\/","title":{"rendered":"AFCON 2025 : Niger roast Ghana in Accra"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The Black Stars of Ghana ended the same way they started the 2025 AFCON qualifying series as they lost at home to Niger in the final round of games at the Accra Sports Stadium.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/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>The host playing in a game that bore very little significance to aid their hopes of qualification saw Otto Addo name a rather defensive lineup against Niger. He deployed a 5 back defensive fold, two midfielders, and three attackers.<\/p>\n<p>The hosts suffered an early blip, conceding through a corner set piece by Ousseni Badamassi on the 22nd minute.<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE: <a title=\"\u201cWe are finding our feet \u2013 Frank Akoto on league struggles\" href=\"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/we-are-finding-our-feet-frank-akoto-on-league-struggles\/\">\u201cWe are finding our feet \u2013 Frank Akoto on league struggles<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jerry Afriyie, introduced as a second-half substitute, rallied the host side back into the game with an equalizer in the 67th minute.<\/p>\n<p>With both teams edging for the winner, Oumar Soko got the winner in regulation of the 90<sup>th<\/sup> minute.<\/p>\n<p>This also sees the side failing to qualify for the first AFCON showpiece in 20 years.<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE: <a title=\"Prosper Ogum optimistic about turning things around for Kotoko\" href=\"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/prosper-ogum-optimistic-about-turning-things-around-for-kotoko\/\">Prosper Ogum optimistic about turning things around for Kotoko<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The BlackStars finished button of the log with three points from six games in the 2025 AFCON qualifying series in a group that had Angola, Sudan, and Niger.<\/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 Black Stars of Ghana ended the same way they started the 2025 AFCON qualifying series as they lost at home to Niger in the final round of games at the Accra Sports Stadium. &nbsp; The host playing in a game that bore very little significance to aid their hopes of qualification saw Otto Addo<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":42641,"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":[17026,8417],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-42640","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-afcon-2025","8":"category-featured"},"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saharafootball.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Black-Stars.jpeg?fit=1390%2C1363&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8jzHl-b5K","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":18108,"url":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/black-satellites-arrive-niger-tuesday\/","url_meta":{"origin":42640,"position":0},"title":"Black Satellites to arrive from Niger on Tuesday","author":"Clinton Eleto","date":"February 11, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Ghana Black Satellites will arrive in Ghana on Tuesday, 12 of February after their exit from the CAF U20 Cup Od Nations. 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