{"id":289255,"date":"2017-01-29T18:07:18","date_gmt":"2017-01-29T18:07:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=289255"},"modified":"2017-01-29T18:07:18","modified_gmt":"2017-01-29T18:07:18","slug":"dr-congo-1-2-ghana-ayew-brothers-on-target-as-ghana-reach-afcon-semis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=289255","title":{"rendered":"DR Congo 1-2 Ghana: Ayew brothers on target as Ghana reach AFCON semis"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Black Stars are into the semi-finals of the AFCON after a 2-1 win over DR Congo in the quarter-final.<\/p>\n

Jordan Ayew latched onto a pass from Mubarak Wakaso, beat a defender and fired past the goalkeeper to give the Black Stars the lead in the second half.<\/p>\n

\"1\"<\/p>\n

The lead lasted only 7 minutes as Mpoku, fired in a beauty for the Congolese from just outside the penalty area.<\/p>\n

However, the Black Stars\u00a0restored their lead as Andre Ayew scored from the penalty spot after Christian Atsu was brought down in the penalty box.<\/p>\n

Ghana will now face Cameroon who beat Senegal on penalties in the semi-final.<\/p>\n

\"5\"<\/p>\n

The Congolese should have taken an early lead as Hull City striker Dieumerci\u00a0Mbokani pounced on a poor backpass, rounded the keeper but hit the post.<\/p>\n

Mbokani thought he should have been awarded a penalty after a tussle with John Boye in the box but the referee waved play-on.<\/p>\n

\"4\"<\/p>\n

The Ghanaians struggled to get into the game but lacked a focal front up front.<\/p>\n

The Black Stars resorted to long balls which were easily dealt with by the Congolese defence.<\/p>\n

\"3\"<\/p>\n

Christian Atsu, Jordan Ayew and Andre were shackled well by the defence and were unable to create much for the Stars<\/p>\n

Mbokani had a couple more chances in the half firing wide when through on goal and straight at Brimah from just outside the box.<\/p>\n

The Black Stars started the second half brightly with Andre Ayew firing in a shot which was saved comfortably by the goalkeeper.<\/p>\n

But the Ghanaians were relentless and almost took the lead as Wakaso’s free-kick bounced in front of the keeper who just about kept it out.<\/p>\n

\"2\"<\/p>\n

Moments later, Jordan Ayew danced into the box, nutmegged a defender and was challenged as he cut back in the box but the referee waved play\u00a0on.<\/p>\n

Thomas Partey’s shot was then well saved by the Congolese keeper.<\/p>\n

The Black Stars eventually broke the deadlock as Jordan Ayew fired past the Congolese keeper.<\/p>\n

The Congolese\u00a0found a way back into the game minutes later as Mpoku took on a Stars defence that kept backing away and fired in a belter.<\/p>\n

But Andre Ayew fired the Black Stars into the semis from the spot after the marauding Christian Atsu was upended in the box.<\/p>\n

The Congolese had a chance to equalise late on but Brimah, in Ghana’s goal was equal to a shot.<\/p>\n

Christian Atsu almost sealed the win for Ghana but his shot was saved after a delightful run into the box but the Black Stars had done enough to secure a 6th straight semi-final appearance .<\/p>\n

–<\/p>\n

By: Edwin Kwakofi\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Black Stars are into the semi-finals of the AFCON after a 2-1 win over DR Congo in the quarter-final. Jordan Ayew latched onto a pass from Mubarak Wakaso, beat a defender and fired past the goalkeeper to give the Black Stars the lead in the second half. The lead lasted only 7 minutes as […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[142,1],"tags":[2497,455,1632,42,3,2519],"class_list":["post-289255","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-football","category-uncategorized","tag-afcon-2017","tag-black-stars","tag-dede-ayew","tag-ghana","tag-ghana-news","tag-jordan-ayew"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289255","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=289255"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289255\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=289255"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=289255"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=289255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}