{"id":11119,"date":"2013-01-27T21:21:00","date_gmt":"2013-01-27T21:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2013\/01\/ghana-to-meet-cape-verde-if-afcon-quarters-if-they-beat-niger\/"},"modified":"2013-01-27T21:21:00","modified_gmt":"2013-01-27T21:21:00","slug":"ghana-to-meet-cape-verde-if-afcon-quarters-if-they-beat-niger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2013\/01\/27\/ghana-to-meet-cape-verde-if-afcon-quarters-if-they-beat-niger\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghana To Meet Cape Verde If Afcon Quarters If They Beat Niger"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<p><span class=\"small-txt c14\">Posted On Sunday, 27th January 2013<\/span><\/p>\n<div readability=\"62\">\n<div id=\"attachment_211386\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter c15\" readability=\"7\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-211386\" title=\"angola\" src=\"http:\/\/img.ghanamma.com\/uploads\/2013\/01\/5716angola-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"Ghana will set up a quarter-final meeting with Cape Verde at the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations if they beat Niger in the last Group B match on Monday.\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cape Verde defeated Angola in Port Elizabeth on Sunday<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Ghana will set up a quarter-final meeting with Cape Verde at the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations if they beat Niger in the last Group B match on Monday.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Black Stars will be up against the Menas in Port Elizabeth when the group campaign reaches it climax.<\/p>\n<p>Victory against their West African rivals means that Ghana will finish top of the group and will come up against the second placed team in Group B which was clinched by\u00a0debutantes\u00a0Cape Verde on Sunday in dramatic fashion.<\/p>\n<p>Cape Verde qualified for the last eight of the Africa Cup of Nations after coming from behind to beat Angola 2-1 in Port Elizabeth.<\/p>\n<p>The Angolans took the lead on 33 minutes through an own goal from Cape Verde defender Neves.<\/p>\n<p>The Blue Sharks equalised with nine minutes left, as defender Fernando Varela headed in from close range.<\/p>\n<p>Substitute Heldon snatched the winner in the 90th minute to secure second place in Group A behind South Africa.<\/p>\n<p>Lucio Antunes\u2019 side are the smallest nation ever to compete at the Nations Cup and their progression defies many pre-tournament predictions, as they join the hosts in the quarter-finals, after the South Africans\u2019 2-2 draw with Morocco to top Group A.<\/p>\n<p>If the Black Stars manage to win against Niger they will finish top of Group B and will remain in Port Elizabeth of the quarters.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Posted On Sunday, 27th January 2013 Cape Verde defeated Angola in Port Elizabeth on Sunday Ghana will set up a quarter-final meeting with Cape Verde at the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations if they beat Niger in the last Group B match on Monday. &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11119","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - 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