{"id":290824,"date":"2017-02-02T20:57:12","date_gmt":"2017-02-02T20:57:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=290824"},"modified":"2017-02-02T20:57:12","modified_gmt":"2017-02-02T20:57:12","slug":"afcon-2017-black-stars-beaten-by-cameroon-in-semi-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=290824","title":{"rendered":"AFCON 2017: Black Stars beaten by Cameroon in semi-final"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cameroon are through to the final of the AFCON after a 2-0 win over the Black Stars of Ghana on Thursday.<\/p>\n

Michael Ngadeu-Ngadjui fired home for the Cameroonians in the second half after a mix-up in Ghana’s defence.<\/p>\n

Bassogog sealed the final spot, finishing after a break, with Ghana’s players in the opposition half, searching for an equaliser<\/p>\n

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

Cameroon will now face Egypt in the final while the Black Stars take on Burkina Faso in the third place playoff.<\/p>\n

The result means more heartbreak for Ghana who now have to wait until 2019 for another chance to win the AFCON, a cup they last won in 1982.<\/p>\n

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

Ghana went into the game as slight favourites having made it to their sixth straight semi-final following their win over DR Congo.<\/p>\n

However, the Cameroonians had beaten pre-tournament favourites Senegal on penalties in the quarter-final and were not to be underestimated.<\/p>\n

\"6\"<\/p>\n

The Black Stars started the game brightly, dominating possession\u00a0early on without creating any clear cut chances.<\/p>\n

Cameroon stepped up a gear and created several chances almost taking the lead\u00a0when Teikeu’s header from a corner looked to be heading in but Afful cleared off the line.<\/p>\n

\"7\"<\/p>\n

Brimah, who was fined earlier in week for some unsavoury comments about Ghanaian football fans was called into action, saving from point blank range.<\/p>\n

He was again forced to save from a Tambe header but\u00a0it wouldn’t have counted as the referee had already blown his whistle for a foul in the build-up.<\/p>\n

The Black Stars who had only scored two goals from open play before tonight’s game almost scored as Jordan Ayew shot just past the post from a tight angle.<\/p>\n

\"8-wakaso\"<\/p>\n

Mubarak Wakaso was brilliant in the first half, breaking up play with some well-timed tackles, let fly from about 45 yards out but it flew just wide.<\/p>\n

Christian Atsu then had a go on the right but his shot was deflected into the arms of the goalkeeper as the teams went into the break level.<\/p>\n

\"10\"<\/p>\n

The Black Stars had the better of the exchanges in the second half, failing to convert several great chances for the opener.<\/p>\n

\"11\"<\/p>\n

Christian Atsu drove into the Cameroonian box, his initial cross was blocked but his header found Partey whose shot deflected off a Cameroonian arm and out for a corner.<\/p>\n

The referee waved away the appeals from the Ghanaian players and the corner was cleared.<\/p>\n

\"ngadeu\"<\/p>\n

Moments later, Frank Acheampong went on another great run down the left but his crossed missed everyone inside the box.<\/p>\n

Ghana had most of the ball and almost made it count from a freekick but Wakaso’s effort was brilliantly tipped wide by Ondoa in the Cameroonian goal.<\/p>\n

The Black Stars were in control of the game at that point but surprisingly fell behind after 72 minutes after<\/b> a free-kick was poorly defended by John Boye and the ball fell to Michael Ngadeu-Ngadjui who fired home.<\/p>\n

Avram Grant, threw on Asamoah Gyan in place of Afriyie Acquah to add some bite to the Black Stars attack but despite a few dangerous-looking crosses\u00a0into the \u00a0box, Ghana rarely threatened\u00a0Ondoa.<\/p>\n

\"grant2\"<\/p>\n

It was the Cameroonians who had the final say, with Christian Bassogog\u00a0flicking the ball past Razak Brimah to send the indomitable Lions into the Final.<\/p>\n

\"goal2\"<\/p>\n

Match Stats<\/p>\n

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–<\/p>\n

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

Cameroon are through to the final of the AFCON after a 2-0 win over the Black Stars of Ghana on Thursday. Michael Ngadeu-Ngadjui fired home for the Cameroonians in the second half after a mix-up in Ghana’s defence. Bassogog sealed the final spot, finishing after a break, with Ghana’s players in the opposition half, searching […]<\/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":[142,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-290824","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-football","category-top-stories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/290824","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=290824"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/290824\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=290824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=290824"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=290824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}