U-20 AFCON Preview: Ghana gear up for Senegal clash tonight

Ghana’s Black Satellites look a stern trial connected Monday, May 5, 2025, arsenic they instrumentality connected defending champions Senegal successful a important Group B clash astatine the ongoing U-20 Africa Cup of Nations successful Egypt. 

 The lucifer volition beryllium held astatine the New Suez Stadium.  Kick-off is scheduled for 6 PM section time, with some teams seeking their archetypal triumph of the tourney aft identical starts.  

Ghana was held to a 1-1 gully by DR Congo successful their opening match, portion Senegal besides shared the spoils successful a 1-1 gully with the Central African Republic. 

Despite failing to unafraid each 3 points, Black Satellites caput manager Desmond Ofei is expected to instrumentality with overmuch of the aforesaid line-up.  

However, CD Lugo midfielder Jerry Afriyie could instrumentality to the starting XI aft making a important interaction disconnected the seat successful the crippled against DR Congo. 

Abdul Sulemana, who earned the Man of the Match grant successful that game, is acceptable to clasp his spot successful midfield.  

In goal, Gidios Aseako is expected to continue, supported by a backmost 4 comprising Andrews Adjabeng, McCarthy Ofori, Aaron Essel successful cardinal defence, and Dacosta Antwi astatine left-back.  

Musibau Aziz, who scored Ghana’s extremity successful the opener, volition erstwhile again pb the enactment pursuing an awesome performance.  

Senegal, meanwhile, is apt to sanction an unchanged side, with Mouhamed Sissokho successful goal. 

Cheikh Thiam, who scored successful their opening game, is expected to anchor the midfield, portion Ibrahim Dieng, contempt not scoring, should proceed to pb the enactment for the defending champions.  

This brushwood volition people lone the second-ever gathering betwixt the 2 sides astatine the U-20 AFCON.

Their archetypal gathering came successful 2019, erstwhile Senegal won 2-0.  However, Ghana avenged that decision with a 1-0 triumph implicit the Young Lions of Teranga successful the semi-finals of the 2023 African Games, a tourney Ghana hosted and won.  

With determination pridefulness and tourney momentum connected the line, this lucifer promises to beryllium a defining infinitesimal successful Group B.  A triumph for Ghana would seal qualification to the knockout stages and nonstop a beardown connection astir their rubric ambitions, portion Senegal volition beryllium hopeless to debar falling down successful their rubric defence.

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