Black Galaxies of Ghana have arrived in the country last night after securing qualification for the 2023 Championship of African Nations Cup (CHAN) tournament.
The contingent landed with the Ghana Air Force and landed at the Airforce base in Accra.
The Black Galaxies held Nigeria for the first half in the second leg match played at the Moshood Abiola National Stadium in Abuja despite the chances created by the Super Eagles team B in the return leg on Saturday afternoon.
After several goal attempts, the Super Eagles finally found the back of the net with about 20 minutes to end the match.
Coach Annor Walker made addition to their defense to be able to hold their 2-1 lead in the first half but the Super Eagles team B got the equalizer at the 90+2 added minutes.
Nigeria won a throw-in in Black Galaxies half with the last chance in the match. The ball was thrown deep into Ghana’s 18 yard box and striker Chijoke Nnamdi Akuneto scored to keep Nigeria’s hope alive after most of their fans lost hope and left the stadium.
The game progressed straight to penalty shootouts without any extra time.
Both teams managed to score their first two kicks but Nigeria missed their 3rd kick but scored the last two for the Black Galaxies to seal through after scoring all five penalty kicks successful.
Ghana will play at the CHAN tournament for the first time since 2014 in South Africa.
The Black Galaxies made it to the final in their first appearance at the first edition in Cote D’Ivoire 2009 and was defeated 2-0 by DR Congo.
The 2023 Totalenergies Championship of African Nations (CHAN) tournament is scheduled to be hosted in Algeria from January 8 to January 31,2023.
Amadu Hamidu
