Andre Ayew sends Ghana into Africa Cup of Nations semis
Posted On Sunday, 5th February 2012
Ghana's Andre Ayew, right, celebrates with his brother Jordan Ayew, left, after scoring a goal during their African Cup of Nations quarter final soccer match against Tunisia
Ghana needed an extra-time goal to beat a plucky ten-man Tunisia side 2-1 to qualify for the semi-final of the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations on Sunday in Franceville
Andre Ayew profited from a goalkeeping howler from Aymen Mathlouti to tuck home the match winner on 101 minutes.
The game started on a frantic pace with both sides trying to assert themselves but the Black Stars drew the first blood when captain John Mensah connected a corner kick in the minute.
A corner kick floated to the near post by Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu was flicked on by Andre Ayew to the far post where the unmarked defender was waiting to pounce.
It was the second goal of the tournament for the Olympique Lyon player who had just returned from injury and a two-game suspension.
The Ghanaians could have made it two in the 17th minute after a solo burst from the centre by Kwadwo Asamoah but his shot across goal was cleared by Karim Hagui with Asamoah Gyan lurking.
A misplaced backpass by Massawudu Alhassan played Khalifa Sabeur through but he was tripped by John Boye who in the process conceded the game’s first booking and a free-kick in a very dangerous position.
The resulting kick by Chammem Khalil was too poor considering the careful preparation by the Carthage Eagles for the kick.
With the Tunisians not making a serious charge for the equalizer, the Ghanaians looked very content to let the Carthage Eagles have a sizeable share of possession once they were not probing.
Just when the game looked destined for a 1-0 score at half-time the Tunisians got back on level terms in the 42nd minute after Khalifa Sabeur out-jumped Samule Inkoom to beat Adam Kwarasey at his near post.
The second half started at a very slow pace with both sides not willing to open up and go all out for the kill.
Skipper John Mensah looked to have aggravated his thigh injury when Youssef Msakni charged on him in the 53rd minute and was immediately replaced with Isaac Vorsah.
Ghana almost restored its lead, after being let of the hook on the other side, through Agyemang-Badu but his header lacked the needed direction as Mathlouthi Aymen made a clean catch.
The very quiet Asamoah Gyan attempted a swift turn shot in the 66th minute but his intended curler went wide.
The Carthage Eagles almost jumped into the lead when Khalifa Sabeur’s shot deflected off the leg of Isaac Vorsah but luckily went over the bar in the 70th minute.
Andre Ayew nearly got the breakthrough in the 72nd minute when his curling corner kick almost caught Mathlouthi Aymen off guard but he did just enough to put it behind.
Asamoah Gyan was presented with the best chance of the game when he was played through clean on goal but his shot was expertly saved by Aymen.
The Black Stars looked the more determined side to grab the win as the game progressed to the latter stages.
Jemaa Issam drew a spectacular save off Adam Kwarasey with a 20-yard power driver but the Stromsgodset keeper was up to the task.
That was the last real effort in regulation time as the game headed for extra time.
Tunisia started the first half of extra time the brightest and even got the ball behind the net but Issam had already been flagged offside.
Andre Ayew, who took over the captaincy of the Black Stars following the substitution of Asamoah Gyan, capitalized on a terrible mistake by Aymen to slot the ball home in the 101st minute.
Ghana thus took the goal advantage into the second half of extra time with the next 15 minutes very well poised for especially the neutrals.
The game however deteriorated for the Tunisians as a silly elbow in the face of Ayew by Abdenour Aymen attracted a straight red card and rightly so.
The Black Stars kept their cool and crucially control of the ball to further infuriate their opponents.
Ghana fended off a late charge by the Tunisians to hold onto their lead to book a place in the semi- finals and will now play Zambia on Wednesday.
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ghana all the way
This type of performance from day of the tournament is not something to win a cup, some miraculously they pull it through, how long is the miracle going to work for the B/S, these guys needs to up their game.
I don’t agree with you at all. The Black Stars played very well. In fact this has been their best so far. The Tunisians where also very tough and a very good side…. This was why all 3 goals came from set pieces. Thumbs up to the Black Stars
Yes I agree with you. Ghanaians talk too much. What is the point if a team performs very well and loses a match? But even Ghana played well today as compared to the Guinea game.
I am sick and tired of watching ridiculous effort by the BlackStars. Everybody thinks all that matters is winning. Bullshit we got lucky. Tunisia just gave us the game.
Ghana should change coaches after the AFCON. The first time watching AFCON I do not believe we can win this tournament from the way we are playing.
Top men: Mensah, Boye, Dede & Jordan!!
Plz man of the match was p.tagoe
Haha r u serious?? You mean flop of the match, along with lazy men muntari and gyan..
Jordan should be a definite start in the semi’s(was our best attacking player) is this the end of Asamoah Gyan???..he is not working hard…his body language…he looks like he doesnt care….we need energetic strikers where ever they are from whether youngsters or from the local leeague….the coach is really out of his depth, for years now we have gone for foreigners coaches but this has to the last(Ivory Coast comes in mind)…we have a vey young team..therefore only will be wise to draft talent attacking midfielders and strikers into this team….once again Asamoah Gyan is not really himself and we dont know why.
what are you talking? what about Jordan? is Jordan not a good striker? if Gyan is not clinking we have Jordan there is no any problem at-all, the boys are good, gradualy they will get to the finals and bring the cup home Insha-Allah
kwarasey has improved his game.i dont have anything gainst masawudu but he hasnt reached this level yet.he lacks concerntration but he will definately learn since he is in a learning process.
chaley this game nearly gave me an heart-attack.
but hey guys this is a mark of a good team.u play bad but u still win.
we have been less impressive but still progressing.guys let us forget this game n concerntrate on the zambia.
oh my word,this game realy scared the heck out of me.
kwarasey impressed me today.i think gyan is not all that fit.
on the other hand ivory coast had weaker opponents n their opponents made a lot of mistakes n they used their massive experience to conquer all this team.
i hope mali beat them.
well done stars.now i can sleep good after having a bad sleep yesterday.
ooooh masa heart attack game paaa nie
Black Stars did not play bad. You guys should stop saying that. Did you want the match very well at all? Both teams were excellent on the whole. A very tough match full of suspense. The game was so hot that all 3 goals had to come from set pieces and mistakes esp the second goal for the Black Stars. In my opinion, this game has been the best for Black Stars so far… I think we are ready for the semis and final
Black Stars did not play bad. You guys should stop saying that. Did you watch the match very well at all? Both teams were excellent on the whole. A very tough match full of suspense. The game was so hot that all 3 goals had to come from set pieces and mistakes esp the second goal for the Black Stars. In my opinion, this game has been the best for Black Stars so far… I think we are ready for the semis and final
Dede Ayew deserves the spirit of the number ten jessey
I am not a professional soccer player but I aspired to be one some years ago. At least I understand the demands of the profession so wouldn’t criticize unduly. My only point is that I understand that Muntari has been a wonderful and patriotic player for Ghana. Now, if time changes I believe the best thing to do as responsible people is to try to adapt to the changing times. Muntari is good but is just not a starter for this African cup of nations considering the number of young talents and wonderful players in the Ghanaian bench. In my candid opinion Ghana played 10 players against 11 for the Tunisians in the first 65 minutes. Muntari could not trap a very simple ball nor give a simple pass. An objective person watching the game will realize the number of times the Ghanaian attack break whenever the ball is given to Muntari. Honestly, Muntari has been my player all this while and I like him so much for his patriotism and willingness to go the extra mile for his country but I believe it’s time the coach take a very bold decision to start him from the bench and maybe introduce him later on in the game if the need be. He’s simply not up to scratch yet for this tournament. This is my opinion about the situation as it stands now for the Black Stars but of course the coach knows best and I respect him for that. I also believe that if the coach could watch the game again critically he will be on my side on this one. God bless Ghana, God bless the Black Stars.
is not only Muntari but aiso Gyan and Inkoom, they had a bad day, as you are saying as if is only Muntari had a bad day, even k Asamoah is not in his form, i think in our next match the coach should use Opare instead of Inkoom or pantsil for right full back, too much mistakes by inkoom there, and also Derek Asamoah for Anthony Anan, and Jonathan Mensah and john boye is better than Vorsah and John Boye for the next match against Zambia.
Would this be the way we will be playing against Ivory Coast if we both qualify for finals?Djan is a good player but if he is to play to expectation then he need to stop being scared of his opponents.Even before the game will start he made some statements that made him look like a scared man.When you lose yourself your opponent takes advantage of that.Why Dede is flying higher is that he is very bold and confident in himself and can see it on the pitch.Please,Djan be bold when we meet Zambia and you will see the result.
Gud show stars. the coach did well in introducing Jordan Ayew. Badu was indeed man of the match. An improved performance from Gyan. Annan showed maturity.
Boye is a revelation. Go stars go
Black stars will don n i wish u the best.i hope stars will come home with the cup.
congrats black star for giving us this victory and to be honest Issah hayato and his mafia referee they were praying that Ghana will be kick out everybody will agree with me look at some of the 50-50 ball the referee whistle for the Tunisians they scare of the north Africa that’s why Egypt always win the cup how can a man in the center stand ere for the Tunisians kicking Ghanians players here and ere this tells you that Issah Hayatuo is very corrupt and he need to be check Mr Nyantakyie should opened his eye very about this francophone referees they re ere for Ghana down fall but with Almighty God on our side they lie bad am done
the referee was such disgraceful. he kept calling fouls for tunisia whenever we challenge and win the ball. Everytime a ghanaian is wack down, he let the game play on. these tunisia are such cheats they keep falling down just to win the ball. no wonder african referees are not called for world cup. such disgrace. we should start using chinese neutral referees for african matches.
is very true the referee is agaist Ghana 100%, Nyantakyi should voice out befor the our next match,
if not they will select another Mafia referee for us, Nyantakyi should be bold and voice out against those Mafia referees, because Issah Hayatou doesn’t like Ghana and Nyantakyi, Nyantakyi should know that.
Ghana is definitely going to win this cup
The author of this article said the B/S looked the more determined side, I dont know if this person watch the game, but i think the tunisians looked more determined, but hey glad they got the win, hopefully they will play much better against the zambians and grab a win.
When Jordan Ayew came on his pace was the difference….we need pace!!. Tagoe was useless no tracking, no desire.
Well done to the BS but we have to step up, because Zambia is no joke.
We need not to play lyk Bacer to win the trophy but the most important tin must be done n that is winning, n kip going higher.
God bless our homeland Ghana. Football nowadays is not about beautiful display but producing result. I knew Jordan Ayew is a promising star, and i dont understand why the coach kept on bringing on Prince Tagoe and Takyi in the previous matches instead of the talented Jordan Ayew. Black stars all the way, keep it up.
Ghana’s defense needs Opare and not Inkoom.
Moreover, Derek Boateng must come in to replace Annan to bring creativity in the midfield.
I agree!!! And Boye must also join the defense with both Vorsah and John Mensah.
dede is really our next captain for 2013 and beyond. These young boys really fought hard with the so called experienced tunisians. They have really done well. Asamoah gyan shd lift up his game. Where are cheku and co. Show up
Ghana team has the talent . They lack maturity. If they take the lead, they quit playing and start to play not to lose. That nonsense need to stop. After they score first goal, they quit playing until tunisia equalize before they start playing again. As soon as they got another goal then, then the nonsense playing not to lose started again. Even with one man up every body is droping deep and nobody is pressuring the ball. We need to play 90 minutes. We have better players and skill, goal up and man up, why are we dropping deep instead of holhing the ball, passing and trying to score a third goal. i hope that nonsense stops right away. this is full of professional and they should play like one dawn it.
Ghana never stop playing after the first Goal… The Tunisians started pushing hard from the word go and some of us even anticipated an early goal from them. Why do we always want to make this non factual claim any time we conceive a goal. Give credit to the opponent too; they also came to win
Charles. I totally agree with u. I think Jordan deserves some more playing time to win games for us. He was very fantastic and brought some urgency into the game. As for Dede, only God knows what is with him. So cool and collected and wud just go for the kill just wen its needed most. The black stars are blessed. Thank you Lord for the victory.
Please do not rain insults on the players and Plavi anymore! for what we just witnessed is not just football but two countries at war. Our soldierd – the Black Stars – fought against all odds to bring victory to Ghana. The war is not over yet! yes let criticize constructively, give praise where praise is due, and enourage the soldier – the Black Stars players – when the going gets tough for it will get tougher.
Well done BS for you fought a good fight and won the war.
i forgot to mention jordan ayews name.what a player.he played his heart out n i think plavi has noticed that.
he has to start against zambia.this my opinion.
mr.charles i totally agree with u on that muntari issue.he hasnt been himself in this tournament.
all the three games he played he didnt maker am impact.anybody who knows football very well will understand me.
he has been given three chances to start from begin but he didnt impress.masawudu was also not all that good today.
john boye has come to stay no wonder plavi sticks to him.
inkoom was very good n his crosses were better than john pantsils crosses.i dont have anything against pantsil i like him but his crosses are very poor.
annan was very strong eventhough he has lost his mom he played out his out.
they have done well.
Well said Keith!
Keith for president!!!
Get this in your ungreatful heads Ghanaians….any team playing Ghana is going to play us hard…we should should be greatful that they keep coming up with a win
Well said my brother Sizzle Wizzle!
the black stars have done well .
give thanks to the Lord for his mercy endure forever.Lord JESUS WE thank U for the success of B/STARS. for we know that is ur doing not our effort. THANK U.
Who wrote this article? What tense were u writing in? Please buck up. All the same, well done Black stars!!!!
Muntari and gyan must deliver, congrats to the bs!
those writing all that long articles…who do u expect to read ur nonsence ???
kwarasey has improved.there is nothing he can do against the goal.
his save against issam jeema was classic.
ayeekoo to the boys.
Glory Be to GOD !! BS all the way and i am proud of my motherland Ghana.
Annan was de man of de match
I think john Boye deserve man of the match and that Massahudu should change his attitude,for Gyan, he should return to sunderland for improvement.now mr president the winning bonus is too much. i’m done.
From Baba Alhaji Nig.kano state Alhamdulillah meda oyame asi thank God may Allah help us again 2 win our next match amin summa.
kolege annan was very good.i heard badu won the man of the match award.
the ayew brothers are the future of the blackstars.when all the experience players left the pitch.he stood out n led the boys to glory.
now guys let us concerntrate on zambia becuz there is no need to talk abot tunisia.as the record says,tunisia hasnt beaten us before at a nations cup n so it will be till the next afcon 2013 in southafrica.
i dont know why some people still want the coach to drop annan for boateng..boateng cant play the way annans play..the guy is so strong and i like his style of play..now ghanaians are celebrating after the tunisian keeper gifted us a goal but we nearly killed kwarasey with our mouths when he conceded a strange goal against guinea..blackstars all the way
wat a sweet mistake…..bt like i said b4 wit de pair of Badu nd Annan ders no way de stars can play attractive futbal
kolege ur are blessed. Annan is our enforcer. We nd eficnt perfomers nt lethagic creativ playes lyk d. Boat
Pls Ghana four let us pray 4 our nation 2 bring d trophy home not 2 criticis dem Allah ka bawa Kasar Ghana sa’a da rabo su dau wannan cup ta nahiyar africa ameen
PERSONALLY I THINK JOHN BOYE IS THE MAN OF THE MATCH…THAT GUY IS TOOO MUCH.HE’S READY TO DIE 4 GH
Thank God 4d victory! Bt pls d BS shld stop dis habit of relaxin nd nt wantin 2 score more weneva dey ar ahead.is it a crime 2 score 3goals in a match? U score 1 nd sit back,dey equalise nd u com out again.; despite even havin 1 man advntg,it stil nt show. Muntari shld pls nt play again.
pacific thank u. Its imposible 2 replace annan w d. Boat. Case klose.
Where is cheku and his cohort?they know nothing abt football,we soldiering on and Zambia is next,no shaken.
experience coach if u want or need creativity go for paul gascoigne aka gazza. Italy won da 2006 wc with no creavty
I think jordan needs to keep coming off the bench, there are some players that play good when they come off the bench and they dont perform well when they start, just because played well dont he will play good if he starts. I think the coach needs to keep playing him as a sub. Thats my opinion
i was thinking the same thing. keep starting sulley and bring jordan in the second half.
but then again, this game is when he breaks the ice and might continues to play like this from now on as a starter or a sub
anthony annan is an unsung hero of de B/S.He deserved de man of de match 4 doing all de dirty works.moreover de coach shudnt 4s inkoom on us cuz opare can do better.4 sulley,he needs 2 come in as a sub n dis shud b de last tourney 4 tagoe.
i have been telling my friends that the next captain of B;S is Andre,the moment he got the hand band on i kn ew its a win for us.the next captain has arrived.
weldone guys but you need to up your game,b etther play next tym.
Pls let’s keep our comments decent! In my view d B/S are playing well ‘cos they’ve been winning. U keep bashing Jn. Mensah but U’ve 4gtn he’s scored 2 crucial goals 4 GH. Evn 1 of d commentators admitted dt GH are “playing d most intricate football” as dey change there style of play against difrnt teams – and win. We thank God 4 d victories so far. Jah bless GH And d B/S.
Ayekoo my beloved Black Stars!Zambia is coming with the same mentality of kick them if you can’t beat them.Please guys the war is not yet over as the Zambians play with pace and Chris Katongo’s never say die attitude is what we must worry about. Wake up Black Stars because with Zambia there will be 90 mins of running soccer.
As match as i hate prince tagoe,i still think the tactics the coach is using makes prince tagoe’s inclusion very tangible. If u have ever gone thru a coaching course,u will notice that the coach substituted asamoah gyan who was obviously tired and brought on prince tagoe who was able to track back and defend and had the opportunity to score if the need be(even though i doubt he could).obviously prince tagoe was doing just that and though i admit he is a player who sucks now,his work rate was probably very good arguing from the fact that he always was helping the defenders when we were trying to pin the 1 goal difference..overall i think the coach is working with a crop of players who are the best pick Ghana got for this nations cup.
spot on. was thinking the same thing just watching the a repeat footage this morning.i’m sure the brother could even score a goal that may see us lift the cup. he’s crap more often than not.but one never knows
Jordan needs to play more his direct running and pace caused a lot of problems for the tunisians. I think Opare needs to play ahead of Inkoom he is a much better defender or Inkoom can be played in front of Opare as a right winger which will fortify the right side of the team.
I rather think Opare should replace Masahudu at the left back because the dude is committing too many elementary defensive blunders that can be very costly
I think that’s a valid point about Alhassan he made some blunders that could have cost us the game. I do think also Inkoom lacks concentration and time he lost him marker in the 2010 final against Egypt I don’t think Paintsil or Opare would have been easily out jumped by the tunisian striker who scored the goal but anyway it’s football and mistakes happen no one is perfect he played well except for that one incident.
yes opare is very exuberant when on the ball and does all most every thing to get it
thank you boyz for making ghana proud.the spirit of mother africa is with you boyz.go black stars,go ghana
Good work done boys.keep fighting till you win the cup for mother Ghana.congrats.
Look at the episod of ugly Jordan Ayew and you will not be so proud.
That so called professional BBC reporter in Franceville is such a bias reporter. After saying Ghana will lose he has the audacity to say the Ghanaian players were dramatizing on the pitch and failed to report the foolish and unsporting behaviors of these Stupid ARABS.
Does our team have a psychologist at all. Are the handlers saying they can’t see that the team has psychological and attitudinal problems? It is clear that the zeal, resolve and buoyancy with which we start games and score goals quickly disappears immediately after the goal and we begin to play as if we are either over confident or underdogs who have scored and want to apply all means possible to defend the goals. That is how come we can’t score many goals no matter how weak our opponents are.
Must we always find ourselves in a very tight corner before we show what stuff we are made of? One day, that will be too late. The Earlier the people in charge addressed this problem, the better for us all
You are right we become lax in our play once we score and that could have cost us dearly we need to be vigilant through out the whole game and not get complacent.
Where is this so-called soccer ananyst from Ivory Coast?Do u think football is mouth-talk,even your homeland team cannot stop us.Go Ghana go for the GOLD!!!!!!!!!
His team will stop your team, bcs they have more stars and they know how to beat others without any pressure.
Asamoah Gyan looks unfit and overweight!
Oh, u have noticed that too eh?
new king, new captain hs arrive, Dede andre morgan Ayew.
congrats black stars.keep it up on wednesday and never be swollen headed cos zambia is a tough opponent.keeper kwarasey pls back up.
It was just a stupid miskate from Tunisia goalkeeper – dont celebrate this win, next game it will be mistake of Kwarasey and Zambia punish Ghana Black Stars. After ugly behaviour of Jordan Ayew I despise this guy, his behavior killed the whole impression of watching.
Oh yeah?
When a stranger brings a weapon towards your family, be Mr Nice guy and smile at it. Crazy Russian tanker, go drink your head off. RUBBISH
Cup is not coming to Ghana, remember it. After the episod with Ayew, Ghana is a fake team. Their players are not taught to be good boys.
which incident is this Demetrius talking about? I wonder if you watched the match. If you had anything to be ashamed of, it should be the shame the Cameroonian referee brought to Africa with his handling of the savagery of the Tunisians. First it was the bone breaking tackle on John Mensah – no card, then there was the high boot to Andre’s chest – no card and then the attempted ripping off Agyeman Badu’s shirt and the subsequent raising of the guy’s fist against Agyeman Badu – no card either!! after all these you call Jordan’s reaction to a head butt (or an attempted one) shameful…pls come again. Once again African referees are giving the cause for the discrimination at the world level to continue. I’m waiting for Caf to punish this guy
Nice analisys, at least you also think that the Ayew behavior was shameful. There was no contact with Tunisian player and for this if referee see this he must be removed from the game. Tunisian maybe was not fair and must be punished, but Ayew also must be punished. I don’t blame anybody, any player, but ugly behaviour of Ayew.
Good show Ayew, my pressure just reduced immediately ur goal came, God blessed u all, i hope ds year d cup is comming to Ghana.
Ayew is not a star, remember he was offloaded by Marseille to Arles bcs he was not good enough.
actully it was to get experience he was 18
For how long are we gonna depend on luck to win games? My goodness!! I was sitting on tenterhooks throughout the second half and beyond,I could have suffered from hypertension or heart attack LOL!! OMG!!That was close, the Tunisians were much better than us throughout the game. They were very skillful and pacey, most of us were calling for John Painstil’s head after the Guinea game. At least We’ve now known why Plavi always prefer him to Inkoom, he is the best right back that we have now despite his in-activeness at club level. With Painstil’s height and experience, there was no way he could have allowed Khalifa to head that ball. Masahudu could have cost us the game, giving too many faulty passes. His timings are really bad, going for late tackles and all that, he is really a suspect! Yes he has the potential but trust me he is not a B/S material as of yet, Opare is way better than him even though he (Opare) is not a natural left-footed player, as for Muntari hmmmmmmm the least said about him the better. I now understand why the public have been criticizing him for his poor performance, he is becoming a liability in the team. His performance in the all the three games he started was nothing to write home about, he is one of my favorite players in the B/S but excuse me to say this the guy is now a complete waste of space. He has put on a lot of weight, he gotta work very hard and get back to his best again. Jordan is surely the one for the future, he’ll grow into a world class striker in few yrs time. I’ll urge Ghanaians to encourage and support the young chap in other to boost his confidence,it was one hell of a game but thankfully we sailed through. But we gotta lift up our game as the commentators indicated if we really wanna get to the final not talking of winning the trophy.