Black Galaxies of Ghana have left the shores of the country for the second leg of the Championship of Africans Nations against Junior Squirrels of Benin.
Coach Annor Walker's head into the return leg with a comfortable 3-0 advantage following Sunday's thrashing at the Cape Cast stadium
Hearts of Oak forward Daniel Afriyie Barnieh opened the scoring for Ghana in the 25th minute before his club teammate Mohammed Alhassan doubled their advantage four minutes.
After the recess, Ghana captain Gladson Awako put the icing on the cake after he curled a lovely ball into the roof of the net for the third goal of the day.
The 2nd leg of the fixture is scheduled for Saturday, July 30, 2022 in Porto-Novo.
Ghana have failed to qualify for the tournament in the last three editions and will hope to make another appearance this time around.
The Black Galaxies finished 2nd in 2009 and in 2014 respectively.