{"id":45432,"date":"2014-09-06T18:27:00","date_gmt":"2014-09-06T18:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=45432"},"modified":"2014-09-06T20:20:03","modified_gmt":"2014-09-06T20:20:03","slug":"ghana-held-by-uganda-at-home-in-afcon-2015-qualifier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/09\/ghana-held-by-uganda-at-home-in-afcon-2015-qualifier\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghana held by Uganda at home in AFCON qualifier"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Black Stars were held to a 1-1 draw by the Cranes of Uganda in the African Cup of Nations qualifier in Kumasi after a second half penalty from Andre Ayew cancelled out Uganda&#8217;s first-half lead.<\/p>\n<p>Kwesi Appiah named a strong starting 11 for the game, with Leicester City left wing-back Jeffrey Schlupp handed a home d\u00e9but and Captain Asamoah Gyan leading the attack <a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2014\/09\/06\/black-stars-captain-gyan-leaves-camp-to-bail-out-brother\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">despite reports that he had earlier left the team&#8217;s camp<\/span><\/strong><\/span>.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Kwadwo 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<p>[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;cfAyNBsZcMfm9iFgyxywnJ7aLsXwljcR&#8221;]Everton&#8217;s Christian Atsu started on the right wing with Andre Ayew on the opposite flank.<\/p>\n<p>A fine start by the Black Stars produced a couple of saves from Ugandan goalkeeper, Dennis\u00a0Onyango, first from Waris&#8217; close-range header and an Asamoah Gyan free-kick.<\/p>\n<p>The goalkeeper was in great form, saving brilliantly from Gyan after the striker controlled a cross on his chest in the box.<\/p>\n<p>Andre Ayew then beat a couple of challenges before firing a shot straight into the arms of the goalkeeper<\/p>\n<p>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<p>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<p>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<p>The referee pointed to the spot and Andre Ayew stepped up to smash the ball home.<\/p>\n<p>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<p>The result in Kumasi means Guinea top the group after they beat Togo 2-1 on Saturday. 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