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<\/a><\/p>\nGhana had two legitimate goals disallowed and had a strong penalty appeal waved away by the referee<\/p>\n
The Pharaohs\u00a0can now clinch a spot at next year’s World Cup with a win over Congo on Sunday, opening up an\u00a0unassailable four-point lead at the top of the group.<\/p>\n
With Ghana needing to win to stand any chance of qualifying for the 2018 World Cup in Russia, and with several key players missing, Kwesi Appiah\u00a0went with a new look squad for today\u2019s game.<\/p>\n
Appiah\u00a0handed an international debut\u00a0to Malmo star Kingsley Sarfo while\u00a0Richmond Boakye-Yiadom who\u2019s been in stunning form for\u00a0SuperLiga team Red Star Belgrade, started up front with captain Asamoah Gyan out with an injury.<\/p>\n Christian Atsu, Harrison Afful and Jonathan Mensah also missed the trip while Jordan and Andre Ayew were dropped from the squad.<\/p>\n Uganda who had beaten the Egyptians in Kampala before losing in Alexandria during the previous international break, started the game brightly.<\/p>\n Okwi was a livewire down the right for the Cranes\u00a0asking a number of questions\u00a0of the Ghanaian defence.<\/p>\n Despite the pressure from the Ugandans, it was Ghana who almost took the lead through Thomas Partey, who had scored four times in his last two games for Ghana.<\/p>\n Richard Ofori\u00a0got a hand to a cross releasing\u00a0his side on a counter that ended with Partey\u00a0firing just wide.<\/p>\n The Black Stars\u00a0had a goal wrongly ruled out for offside when Daniel Amartey, who captained the side, headed home from a free-kick, only for the linesman’s flag to go up.<\/p>\n It was the Black Stars who started the second half stronger but were unable to create any clear-cut chances.<\/p>\n Uganda should have taken the lead as a fantastic cross found the head of\u00a0Nsibambi who headed wide from about\u00a0five yards out.<\/p>\n They were almost made to rue that miss as Frank Acheampong\u00a0was barged over in the Ugandan box in what looked like a clear penalty shout but the referee waved the appeals away.<\/p>\n Chances were few and far between for the rest of the game with both sides restricted to shots from range which barely threatened either keeper.<\/p>\n The Black Stars had the ball in the net again with seconds to play but the goal was ruled out, wrongly again, for offside sparking a fracas after the final which came almost immediately after.<\/p>\n Ghana will now face a nervous wait as Egypt host Congo on Sunday, where a draw will end the team’s chances of making it to Russia.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n –<\/p>\n By: Edwin Kwakofi\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n
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