Ghana proved too strong for Mauritius and recorded a comprehensive 7-1 win on Sunday in Accra to go top of their 2017 Group H Africa Cup of Nations qualifying group.<\/p>\n
Strikers Asamoah Gyan and Jordan Ayew scored a brace each with Christian Atsu, Jeffrey Schlupp and a stoppage time goal from David Accam contributing to the demolition exercise.<\/p>\n
The Black Stars were never troubled and it took them 13 minutes to open the scoring through newly-signed Bournemouth player Atsu who headed home. He finished off a nice build-up deep in the Ghanaian half with a headed goal off the inviting cross of Harrison Afful.<\/p>\n
Ayew returned two minutes later to put things right by scoring Ghana\u2019s second, finishing off an impressive burst from left-back Baba Abdul Rahman.<\/p>\n
Black Stars captain Asamoah atoned for his earlier mistake by tapping in with only goalkeeper Jean Louis to beat after some great work on the flanks by Jordan Ayew.<\/p>\n
Mauritius couldn\u2019t take any more of the gaping humiliation and effected his first substitution after 27 minutes \u2013 bringing on Justin Jonathan for Perticots Joseph in a bid to give his sleeping attack the needed bite.<\/p>\n
Ghana, however, scored the next goal through Asamoah Gyan, heading in off a free kick to give the hosts a commanding 4-0 lead after just 30 minutes.<\/p>\n
Sophie Andy capitalised on a defensive mishap to tap in off a free-kick to pull one back for Mauritius.<\/p>\n
But Jordan Ayew returned again to score off a rebound in the penalty box to extend Ghana\u2019s lead to five 10 minutes before recess.<\/p>\n
Ghana appeared sluggish off the blocks at the start of the second half with the soggy pitch making passes and ball control difficult.<\/p>\n
Jeffery Schlupp grabbed his debut Ghana goal in the 67th minute \u2013 finishing off another beautiful build-up.<\/p>\n
The Black Stars were simply toying with the Mauritians thereafter, creating chance after chance but sadly lacking the finishing with Asamoah Gyan being the worst culprit.<\/p>\n
The Al Ain ace who has been so prolific in his entire international career strangely couldn\u2019t find his target even with a greeting empty net.<\/p>\n
Ghana kept carving out opportunities but a combination of misfortune, good goalkeeper and perhaps fatigue saw Ghana fail to add up to their already flattering tally.<\/p>\n
But substitute David Accam after several near misses slotted in with just a minute of play left to put a double gloss on a very impressive performance of the Black Stars.<\/p>\n
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