Queens In Great Comeback

Ghana’s Black Queens came from a goal down to beat Tunisia 2-1 in their African Women’s Championships final round qualifier in Tunis today.

The Tunisians took the lead from a controversial penalty on the 33rd minute after Senegalese referee Fatou Thione misjudged Janet egyir to have fouled a Tunisian striker in the box, punishing egyir with a yellow card & rewarding the Tunisians with a spotkick converted by Ella Kabaachi.

Queens equalised almost immediately on resumption of the 2nd half with Samira Suleman finishing a brilliant free kick and Princella Adubea who plays for Techiman-based Ampem Darkoa scored the winner with about six minutes to go.

The Queens almost suffered from the referee’s controversial decisions as she again misjudged goalkeeper Patricia Mantey to have pulled down a Tunisian player in the box.

This time, her punishment was harsher, sending Mantey off & again awarding a penalty. Goalkeeper Nana Ama Asantewaa showed her bravery as she parried the shot off to deny the Tunisians a second goal.

Queens played a greater part of the game with 10 men, enduring harassment & rough play but still managed to win.

Queens In Great Comeback

Ghana To Play Tunisia In Next AWC Qualifier

Ghana’s female national team, the Black Queens have been drawn to play Tunisia in the second round of qualifiers to the 10th African Women’s Championship (AWC) to be held in Cameroon later this year.

The first leg is expected to be played in Tunisia on 8 April before the Queens host their Tunisian counterparts in Accra in the return leg after a fortnight.

Ghana, Equatorial Guinea, South Africa, Cote d‘Ivoire and Nigeria all drew a bye in the first round of qualifiers which was played early in March.

Tunisians qualified to the second stage of these qualifiers after eliminating Burkina Faso 2-0 on aggregate over two legs. They won the first leg at home 2-0 before forcing a goalless draw in Ouagadougou.

Seven teams will qualify to join hosts Cameroon for the event which has been slated for 19 November to 3 December 2016.

Ghana To Play Tunisia In Next AWC Qualifier

Medeama SC Ready To Make Ghana Proud - Parker

Owner and bank roller of Medeama Sporting Club, Moses Parker has promised Ghanaians his outfit is ready to do Ghana proud this weekend as they embark on yet another continental campaign.

The Tarkwa-based club is the only Ghanaian representative in the Confederation of African Football (CAF) inter-club competitions after AshGold were bundled out of the continent’s premier event, the Champions League early.

And Moses Armah Parker is optimistic they’re in good shape for the first leg of their second round CAF Confederation Cup  campaign on Sunday against Al Ittihad Tripoli of Libya.

“We are well prepared for this competition.  The last time we went to Morocco we did our best but this year, we are playing against Libyan opposition and we will make the most of this opportunity.

The game will be played in the Tunisian capital, Tunis and Mr. Parker said, “we consider the venue as a neutral ground for the match”.

“And we are sure of doing well in the competition,” Moses Parker said prior to the team’s journey to Tunisia for the game.

“We didn’t start the league early but we are in good shape after three games,” he assured.

Moses Parker also added that the club’s headline sponsor, GoldFields are backing them financially which will serve as a huge boost to their confidence in this competition.

“Our major headline sponsor GoldFields Ghana, are doing well for us, the Ghana Football Association (GFA) is also supporting us,” he revealed.

Medeama SC will look to return to Ghana with a good result to make the return leg in Ghana a mear formality to book passage to the third round of the competition.

 

Medeama SC Ready To Make Ghana Proud - Parker