Sadio Mane’s late penalty secured Senegal a bright start at AFCON2021<\/b><\/p>\n Morocco beat Ghana to begin AFCON 2021 on a high<\/p>\n Nigeria face Egypt in Group D opener<\/p>\n Day two of the Africa Cup of Nations saw some giants on the continent in action as they kick-started their respective group games. <\/p>\n Four games in Group B and C took place in two stadiums, the Bafoussam Omnisport Stadium and Stadehmadou Ahidjo Stadium. <\/p>\n In Group B, Senegal started the matchday in a close contest against Zimbabwe. The fixture was decided by an injury time penalty, which Sadio Mane converted to hand the ‘Lions of Teranga’ a winning start. <\/p>\n Also, in the same group, Guinea faced Malawi in a late afternoon kick-off. Guinea’s Issiga Sulla’s 35th-minute strike made the difference between the two sides. <\/p>\n Following their respective victories, Guinea and Senegal are tied at the top of the group with three points each while Malawi and Zimbabwe share 3rd and 4th place. <\/p>\n In the same vein, Group C produced the same results as Group B, with both matches ending in 1-0 score lines. <\/p>\n The biggest fixture on the day two lineup saw four-time champions- Ghana- take on the Atlas Lions of Morocco. <\/p>\n The match, which looked evenly contested, was decided by an 81st-minute goal by Sofiane Boufal to hand the Black Stars an unwanted start to the tournament. <\/p>\n Also in the group, newcomers Comoros fell to Gabon in a late kick-off when Aaron Salem scored a beautiful goal from an acute angle. <\/p>\n Morocco and Gabon share the top spot, with Comoros occupying the 3rd place, leaving Ghana at the rock bottom of the table. <\/p>\n The AFCON 2021 enters day three today, January 11, 2022, with three matches in Group D and E coming up. <\/p>\n Nigeria takes on Egypt in a crunch Group D opener at 16:00 GMT. Whereas, in the same group, Sudan face Guinea-Bissau at 19:00 GMT. <\/p>\n Meanwhile in Group E, one game will be played today, where reigning champions Algeria begin their title defence against Sierra Leone.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Black Stars captain, Dede Ayew Sadio Mane’s late penalty secured Senegal a bright start at AFCON2021 Morocco beat Ghana to begin AFCON 2021 on a high Nigeria face Egypt in Group D opener Day two of the Africa Cup of Nations saw some giants on the continent in action as they kick-started their respective group […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":744916,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-744915","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-local-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/744915","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=744915"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/744915\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=744915"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=744915"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=744915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Black](\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/95814639.295.jpg\" "\\"Black")
Black Stars captain, Dede Ayew<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n