Ghana Edge Nigeria because of a goal to qualify for Qatar World Cup

Ghana held on to a crucial 1-1 draw over Nigeria and qualified for the 2022 World Cup on away goals on Tuesday.

The first leg of the playoffs ended in a goalless draw in Kumasi, but Ghana secured a vital goal within 10 minutes through Thomas Partey.

Nigeria equalized after 22 minutes via a William Trost-Akong penalty, but the Black Stars booked a place in Qatar later this year.

This will be Ghana's first appearance at the tournament since 2014 after being eliminated from the World Cup in Russia in 2014.

Nigeria qualified for six of the last seven World Cups held in the United States in 1994, and his absence from this year's tournament would prompt an inquiry from the country's football authorities.

But for Ghana and their newly appointed technical advisor Chris Houghton, it is a major victory in a qualification campaign in which they never really impressed and saw the shadow of a team reaching the World Cup quarter-finals in 2010.

They defended for 90 minutes in Abuja, rarely seeing a threat after scoring, but themselves faced some alarm from the Nigerian side, who were devoid of the threat of an attack.

Nigeria thought Viktor Osimhen scored when he had second, but VAR correctly decided he was offside in the build-up.

Emmanuel Dennis took a wide lead for the home team in the second half and Osimhen sent a cycle-kick after the post, but it was largely comfortable for Ghana in the closing stages as they were in Abuja to the dismay of most of the 60,000 supporters. Were.

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