Black Galaxies beat Legon Cities in friendly game

Published on: 16 December 2022

Black Galaxies of Ghana beat Legon Cities 2-0 in a friendly game as part of preparations ahead of the 2022 Championship of Africa Nations tournament in Algeria next month.

Goals from Simba and Evans Osei Wusu secured a comfortable victory for coach Annor Walker's side at the Ghanaman Centre of Excellence on Thursday.

Hearts of Oak forward Daniel Afriyie Barnieh, who joined his teammates earlier this week after his participation at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar lasted for 73rd while Danlad Ibrahim sat out of the game.

The Galaxies also came from behind to beat Hearts of Oak 2-1 in a friendly at the Ghanaman Soccer Centre of Excellence, Prampram last Sunday.

Ghana are housed in Group C and will take on Madagascar on January 15 before playing Sudan (19th) and Morocco (23rd) in the other group C matches.

The team will depart Accra next week for Egypt to continue with their preparations towards the tournament which takes place in Algeria from January 8-31, 2023.

The Black Galaxies are likely to play one high profile international friendly before the tournament.

The Galaxies will be seeking to restore Ghana’s glory in the competition having played in two finals in 2009 and 2014.

Ghana will be featuring in the tournament for the first time in eight years having missed out on the last three editions and will hope to go far in the tournament.

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