Follow the Live-play-by-play on GHANAsoccernet.com as the Black Stars of Ghana take on Bafana Bafana of South at the Cape Coast Stadium in the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier.
Ghana coach Kwesi Appiah will be searching for his first ever win over South Africa in all competitions when the Black Stars face off with the Bafana Bafana in the first game of the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier.
Kwesi Appiah as head coach of the team has never won a game against the South Africans in any competition.
Ghana drew against South Africa on October 11, 2016 in an international friendly which ended 1-1.
The second game played on June 15, 2019 in the United Arab Emirates also a friendly game ahead of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations ended 0-0.
The last time the Black Stars defeated South Africa in a game was at the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations in Gabon when the Stars won 2-1 in a group stage game.
The game on Thursday, presents an opportunity for Kwesi Appiah to break the jinx and record his first win over the Bafana Bafana of South Africa.
Meanwhile, South Africa coach, Molefi Ntseki in an interview disclosed that he has a fair idea of the Ghana team as well as the coaching tactics of Kwesi Appiah and is confident his side can cause an upset here in Ghana.
"I think our group is a difficult one but at the same time, we are giving ourselves an opportunity," he said.
"We will do proper profiling of Ghana and Sudan before we look into who the players are we want to bring in and which system we are going to deploy against those two opponents.
"We know that Ghana are more like us in the sense that they are in a building phase.
"They have not been doing well as a national team but Ghana is a football country and we know that they can always be very strong and give you a good game”, he added.
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Below is the starting line up for both teams
Ghana black stars starting 11 to face south Africa 1Richard ofori 2Andy Yiadom 3Gideon MENSAH 4 Joseph Aidoo 5 Kasim Nuhu 6Alfred Duncan 7 Iddrisu Baba 8 Thomas Partey 9 Jordan Ayew 10 Andre Ayew 11 Emmanuel Boateng
South Africa starting XI
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Algerian Officials will be in charge of tonight’s game between Ghana vs South Africa
Mustafa Chorbal
Bouabdallah Omari
Mokrane Gourari
Abde Razzek Arab
Warm-up
Both sides are done with the warm up and have entered into the dressing room
Game is about to begin at the Cape Coast Sports Stadium as the players come out of the tunnel with the CAF anthem being played.
Players exchange pleasantries.
Game about to begin
Referee whistles for the commencement of the game
01’ Ghana with the first move as a pass from Thomas Partey goes wide for a goal kick
02’- Andre Ayew is down on the pitch seems to have been fouled
05’ We have done five minutes with no incursions from both sides
Its Ghana 0-0 South Africa
Ghana awarded a free kick as Emmanuel Boateng has been fouled
06’ Nice cross from Partey into the box, Emmanuel Boateng comes up with a header, but ball has been blocked and cleared for a corner kick
07’ Ghana dominating play at the moment
08’ Kassim Nuhu sends a through pass to Duncan what a poor cross from the Sassuolo midfielder. Ball goes wide for goalkick
09’ Jordan Ayew fouled, referee whistles for a free kick. Ball effected, Jordan tries to flick it pass the goalkeeper, ball saved
10’ It’s Ghana 0-0 South Africa
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