Black Meteors player Samuel Ashie-Quaye is hopeful ahead of the team’s showdown with, Morocco after beating Congo in the ongoing AFCON U23 tournament.
The Black Meteors couldn’t put a goal past their opposition in the first half of the game but two substitutions in the second half, saw, Sylvester Simba and Daniel Afriyie-Barnieh subbed off for Emmanuel Yeboah and Hafiz Ibrahim.
The substitutions saw Ghana take the lead through Ernest Nuamah with the second-half substitute, Emmanuel Yeboah and Fatawu Issahaku combining effortlessly to aid the breakthrough.
Emmanuel Yeboah got on the score sheet to bag a brace in the 75th and 83rd minute to help the Black Meteors to a 3-2 win over Congo.
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Speaking to Saharafootball.net after the game, Samuel Ashie-Quaye, credited the coaches’ substitutions as a game-changer in the second half.
“We should’ve beaten them in the first half and but it didn’t happen like that the coaches’ substitutions in the second half did the trick for us. Kudos to the coaches” he ended.
On the team’s preparedness against, Morocco, he replied confidently that the team was prepared for the task ahead as confidence was high in the camp,
“It’s not easy to win your first match, the team fought hard and we will do the same against the host nation. We are fully confident for today’s game” he ended.
Ashie Quaye will hope to make his bow in the second game of the tournament as the team welcomes Morocco on June 27, 2023.
