The two sides looking to get their campaign running with a win presented their best personnel to get them the win.

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DRC were the first to draw blood as Samuel Ntanda rose the highest to tap in Messy Manitu’s inch-perfect cross beyond the reach of Gidios Aseko in post for Ghana.

MATCH HIGHLIGHTS :

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A well-worked team goal will see Norway-based Emmanuel Mensah’s cross tapped home beautifully by Dreams FC’s Musibau Aziz for the leveler in the 24th minute.
The first half ended 1-1.
Musibau Aziz should have gotten the Black Satellites in the lead as he was put through on goal but his effort skewed off the post narrowly much to the disappointment of the technical bench.

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The introduction of Jerry Afriyie on the half hour mark failed to produce the much needed difference.

In the end the two teams shared the spoils.
Ghana will take on Senegal on Monday at 18:00 GMT in the second group game.

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The West African side was pitted in group c alongside Senegal, DR Congo, and Central African Republic.
Coach Desmond Offei named Gidios Aseko as goalkeeper, Ofori McCarthy as captain, DaCosta Antwi, Emmanuel Mensah, Ishmael Addo, Joseph Opoku, Aaron Essel, Andrews Adjabeng, Dennis Marfo, Musibau Aziz and Hakim Sulemana in his starting eleven.

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Samuel Ntanda rose the highest to tap in Messy Manitu’s inch-perfect cross beyond the reach of Gidios Aseko in post for Ghana.
Ghana reacted strongly after going behind creating several chances for the equalizer through, Andrews Adjabeng, Hakim Sulemana, and Musibau Aziz.

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A well-worked team goal will see Norway-based Emmanuel Mensah’s cross tapped home beautifully by Dreams FC’s Musibau Aziz for the leveler in the 24th minute.
The first half ended 1-1.
There was little to pick from both sides in the second half.
Ghana will take on Senegal on Monday at 18:00 GMT in the second group game.

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The 27-year-old was in fine form for Chelsea in pre-season and appeared to be finding his feet before a shoulder injury that halted his start to the season.

His national team manager launched an attack on his character.



“He hasn’t been disciplined in the last two rallies and has refrained from training. He didn’t look like a player from a national team fighting to qualify for the World Cup.” said the manager.

“For the first time in my coaching career, I saw a national team player who doesn’t want to train and claims to be injured, although tests have shown he can play. I won’t tolerate it. Not this behavior as long as I coach Morocco.”

The midfielder has appeared in several games for Chelsea after recovering from the shoulder injury

The Atlas Lions are drawn in Ghana’s group C.

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Philemon Baffour has been a regular member of Black Stars team after winning the U20 Africa Cup of Nations in Mauritania earlier this year, he has been named by Milovan Rajevac’s squad for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon next month.

Baffour featured in all six matches as he produced outstanding performances to help the Black Satellites lift the ultimate in the end.

The 20-year-old full-back made 19 appearances for Dreams in the Ghana Premier League last season and has played 6 matches this season having scored one goal in the process.

Right-Back, Sulley, has also made 3 appearances for Dreams this season.

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The Eleven players were made up of outstanding talents from Burundi, Mali, Senegal, Nigeria, South Africa and Niger. Youssouph Dabo was named coach of the tournament.

Here’s the Best XI of the #TotalAFCONU20 pic.twitter.com/iUPYJuZyry

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Boubacar Traore opened the scoring for Mali in the 16th minute, the forward dribbled past a defender before brilliantly slotting the ball on the left-hand side of the goalkeeper.

Senegal forged ahead for an equalizer before the end of the first 45 minutes but Mali stood their ground with an organized style of play in every department.

Senegal coach Dabo made a lot of attacking changes in the second half as he looked to get back in the game.



Senegal hard work paid off when Souleymane Aw pounced on a rebound to level for his team with an overhead kick in the 75th minute of the game.

Both sides had few chances to seal the game but couldn’t find a breakthrough before the referee ended the second half.

Mali came out victorious in the penalty shoot-out, thanks to their goalkeeper who made an important save to put them in a position to win the prestigious tournament.

South Africa emerged as bronze winners on Saturday after beating Nigeria to claim third-place. All the last four teams have already qualified for the U20 World Cup that will take place in Poland.

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South Africa put out an impressive defensive display against strong Senegal. Senegal were clearly the better team, they managed to attack and string passes in bid to break the South Africa defence. Their hard work paid off when Ousseynou Niang shot deflected off Givemore Khupe to ensure that Senegal scale through to the final.



Nigeria lost on penalties to Mali, they will face South Africa on Saturday 16th as both teams will fight for the third position.

Senegal will play Mali on Sunday 17th in the final game of the U20 Cup of Nations.

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Nigeria started the game positively with series of attacking runs with the aim of breaking the Mali defence, The Flying Eagles almost took the lead in the first half after hitting the bar. The scoreline remained goalless at half time.



Mali took the lead through Mamadou Traore who drilled a powerful shot past the Nigerian goalkeeper to put his team in front.

Paschal Durugbor grabbed the equalizer for Nigeria in the closing minutes of the second half to send the game into extra time.

Both teams failed to score in the extra time period and had to settle for a penalty shootout where Mali came out winners.



Mali will face either South Africa or Senegal in the finals.

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Reports are suggesting that the team was scheduled to arrive in Ghana on Monday but had difficulties getting flights to Accra.

The Blac Satellites exited the tournament after a defeat to Mali in a game where they needed only a draw to qualify for the semis and for the U20 World Cup in Poland.

Jimmy Cobblah, the u20 coach earlier stated that their shortcomings in the competition was due to lack of local football and he had to settle for ‘foreign’ players.

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Hadji Drame’s goal was enough to stop the Black Satellites from reaching the semis and qualify for the U2O World Cup.

Mali joins Senegal from group B as semi-finalist, and will represent Africa in the U20 World Cup that will take place in Poland.

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