Satellites grab bronze
Ghana's Black Satellites yesterday won the bronze medal at the 19th Africa Youth Championship (AYC) after beating Mali 3-1 in an entertaining losers' final in Dakar.
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Beaten 1-0 by Mali in the group stage, Ghana made sure they got their revenge in style at the Stade Leopold Senghor in Dakar.
Mali started brightly but it was the Black Satellites who were causing all sorts of problems for Mali from set- pieces and they took the lead through that route.
A Ghana free kick was half cleared, and after a ferocious shot cannoned off the crossbar, Yaw Yeboah was quickest to react as he tucked in the rebound to give the Satellites the lead in the 24th minute.
Mali came out fighting but it was Ghana who got the next goal.
Yaw Yeboah found himself free in the Malian box and coolly slotted home for his second of the game to put Ghana 2-0 up.
Clifford Aboagye made it 3-0 with a beautiful solo goal in the 71st minute after ghosting past the Malian defenders to slot the ball past Sory Ibrahima in the Mali goal.
Mali nearly got a goal back in the 74th minute but Diallo could not get his leg to the ball after Toure set him up.
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The game livened up as Mali scored in the 83rd minute through Malick Toure who lobbed the ball from 25 yards into the Ghana net as Satellites goalkeeper Kwame Baah came rushing out of his line.
Mali were awarded a penalty three minutes later but goalkeeper Baah made the save to keep the scoreline at 3-1 which effectively ended Mali's hope of a comeback.
—supersport.com