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Sun, 11 Mar 2007 Football News

Ghana's Black Meteors qualify for Algiers 2007(by dilaso)

  Sun, 11 Mar 2007


...Dream team IV can only dream
Ghana's Black Meteors picked the ticket to the All-Africa Games, this afternoon in Abuja, by holding their Nigerian counterparts to a 1-1 draw. Ghana thus qualify on the away goals rule, since the first leg ended in a goaless draw in Sunyani, two weeks ago.
Michael Helegbe scored Ghana's goal in the 63 minute. The skipper slipped through a sloppy offside trap and lobbed the ball over the advancing Nigerian keeper.

The "Dream team IV" of Nigerians equalized through a dubious penalty awarded by the Senegalese referee.

According to a Ghanaian eye-witness "The Nigerian goal was clearly dubious and even Nigerian radio commentators agreed it had a tinge of doubt about it. It was a fair challenge on a Nigerian attacker in the 18, that did not merit a foul call. But then that was what happened throughout the game. The Ghanaians were penalized for the slightest tackle on Nigerian players-several times it happened-while the aggressive Nigerians were hardly questioned by the lanky Senegalese referee. "

Line-up: Nii Baah, Kennedy Korley, Alfred Arthur, Isaac Vorsah, Bawa Mumuni , Kumordze, Michael Akuffo, Samson Cudjoe, Michael Helegbe, Sadat Bukari Emml Clottey

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