Far from their usual level, the Ivorians still outperformed Namibia (4-1) at the June 30 stadium in Cairo for the third round of Group D of the 2019 Total African Cup of Nations.

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Morocco registered their first win in the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations thanks to Keimuine who scored an own goal to give Morocco the win over his team Namibia.

Morocco dominated the game all through but couldn’t find the breakthrough until the 89th minute when Keimuine mistakenly put the ball at the back of the net.



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The Ghana 23-man squad list for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations has been leaked, five players have been dropped by Ghana coach Kwesi Appiah.

The five unlucky player includes two local players, Abdul Fatawu Safiu of Asante Kotoko and Mohammed Alhassan of Hearts of Oak.

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Namibia beat Ghana Black Stars 1-0 in an AFCON warm-up friendly game thanks to Manfred Starke’s first-half strike.

Ghana and Namibia played the friendly game behind closed doors, only one camera was allowed for video analysis of both teams.

Manfred Starke opened the scoring in the opening few minutes of the game to put Namibia in front after Ati Zigi fails to hold an earlier shot.

Ghana Black Stars stepped up after the goal but failed to find the back of the net in the first 45 minutes of the game.

Ghana had a penalty in the start of the second half but Mubarak Wakaso effort hit the upright before going out of play.

Midfielder Thomas Partey had an opportunity to restore parity but his effort was saved comfortably by the Namibian goalkeeper.

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Black Stars coach Kwesi Appiah has named his starting line-up for Sunday’s Pre-AFCON friendly match against Namibia in Dubai.

The game which will kick off at 5:30 pm (1:30 pm GMT) will be Ghana’s first friendly game since it began preparations for the continent’s foremost football competition from June 21- July 16.

Lawrence Ati has been given the nod to start in post for the senior national team in today’s match against the Brave Warriors.

Joseph Attamah and Abdul Baba Rahman will start in the right and left back positions respectively with Joseph Aidoo and Jonathan Mensah forming the central defence pair.

Afriyie Acquah will be in midfield with Christian Atsu and Yaw Yeboah on the flanks while Asante Kotoko’s Abdul Fatau has been handed a place in the starting lineup.

Jordan Ayew and Abdul Majid Waris will start the match up front for the Black Stars.

Coach Kwesi Appiah will be hoping to use the match as part of Ghana’s preparations for the tournament and could inform his decision in selecting the final 23-man squad for the tournament.

Ghana is in Group F and will begin the competition with a match against Benin on June 25 before they face African Champions Cameroon on June 29 in the second group match all at the Ismailia Stadium.

The Black Stars will play Guinea Bissau in the final group match on Suez on July 2.

Full Starting Lineup:

Ati Zigi, Attamah Joseph, Baba Rahman, Jonathan Mensah, Joseph Aido, Afriyie Acquah, Yaw Yeboah, Fatawu Abdul, Warris Majeed, Jordan Ayew and Atsu Christian.

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