despite reports that he had earlier left the team’s camp<\/span><\/strong><\/span>.<\/a><\/p>\nKwadwo Asamoah was restored to a place in midfield after playing at left back at the World Cup and was partnered by Rabiu Mohammed.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”cfAyNBsZcMfm9iFgyxywnJ7aLsXwljcR”]Everton’s Christian Atsu started on the right wing with Andre Ayew on the opposite flank.<\/p>\n
A fine start by the Black Stars produced a couple of saves from Ugandan goalkeeper, Dennis\u00a0Onyango, first from Waris’ close-range header and an Asamoah Gyan free-kick.<\/p>\n
The goalkeeper was in great form, saving brilliantly from Gyan after the striker controlled a cross on his chest in the box.<\/p>\n
Andre Ayew then beat a couple of challenges before firing a shot straight into the arms of the goalkeeper<\/p>\n
The Ugandans had, for most of the first-half, been limited to speculative shots from outside the box but took the lead in stoppage time.<\/p>\n
The Ghanaian defence was slow to react to a Ugandan attack on the edge of their box, with\u00a0Tonny Mawejje drilling in the opener right before the break.<\/p>\n
The Black Stars started the second-half strongly and were rewarded when striker Waris controlled the ball in the Ugandan box and went down after an innocuous but clumsy challenge.<\/p>\n
The referee pointed to the spot and Andre Ayew stepped up to smash the ball home.<\/p>\n
Clear goalscoring chances in the second half were few and far between with Black Stars substitutes Jordan Ayew, Mubarak Wakaso and Eric Afriyie Aqcuah failing to make a telling impact after coming on.<\/p>\n
The result in Kumasi means Guinea top the group after they beat Togo 2-1 on Saturday. Ghana next\u00a0travel to face Togo on Wednesday, while Uganda will host Guinea.<\/p>\n
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