Watch: Joseph Opoku scores brilliant solo goal to put Ghana top of Group C in U20 AFCON

• Joseph Opoku climbed disconnected the seat to people the lone extremity arsenic Ghana edged the Central African Republic astatine the ongoing U20 AFCON
• The 19-year-old's stunning solo extremity ensured the Black Satellites finished apical of Group C with 7 points from 3 games
• With an unblemished grounds from the radical stages, Ghana marches gallantly to the quarter-finals of the competition

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Ghana's Black Satellites sealed their spot successful the quarter-finals of the U-20 tourney with a infinitesimal of idiosyncratic brilliance from Joseph Amankwah Opoku, whose precocious involution secured a hard-fought 1-0 triumph implicit the Central African Republic.

Heading into the last circular of Group C fixtures, Ghana needed a effect to enactment atop the standings.

Joseph Opoku celebrates his extremity with his Black Satellites teammates aft scoring the lone extremity against CAR. Photo credit: @bigmuello/X.
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Despite missing influential attacker Jerry Afriyie, who returned to Spanish broadside CD Lugo aft 2 outings, Desmond Ofei’s broadside managed to propulsion disconnected a triumph from a scrappy display.

Joseph Opoku's magic helps Ghana bushed CAR

The group’s apical spot was up for grabs, and Ghana looked determined to assertion it.

The crippled unfolded with Ghana dictating tempo and enjoying sustained possession.

Structurally, the squad maintained equilibrium successful modulation and pressed with purpose, but their dominance successful midfield lacked the cutting borderline to unlock the CAR backline.

Several chances came and went owed to decision-making lapses successful the last third, leaving the necktie goalless heavy into the 2nd half.

Opoku's stunning solo goal

In the 84th minute, caput manager Desmond Ofei rolled the dice, introducing Joseph Amankwah Opoku—a determination that would wage disconnected astir instantly.

The Zulte Waregem guardant latched onto a lofted shot from Joseph Aidoo, positioning himself smartly betwixt the lines to exploit abstraction down the defence.

With instinctive control, Opoku burst guardant similar a antheral connected a mission.

He skipped past the archetypal situation with flair, and conscionable arsenic it seemed helium had been crowded out, the 19-year-old weaved done 2 defenders successful choky space.

Displaying composure beyond his years, helium calmly slotted the shot past the goalkeeper to interruption the deadlock.

That onslaught not lone delivered each 3 points but besides marked Opoku’s maiden extremity of the tournament, arriving successful his 3rd appearance.

Ghana suffice for quarter-finals arsenic Group C winners

More importantly, it propelled Ghana to the apical of the radical with 7 points, having won 2 and drawn 1 successful 3 outings.

Earlier, the Satellites had edged Senegal by a solitary extremity and played retired a stalemate with DR Congo.

The antiaircraft solidity crossed each 3 fixtures, conceding conscionable a goal, highlights the side’s compact operation and Ofei’s accent connected signifier and discipline.

Senegal, DR Congo suffice alongside Ghana

Senegal, meanwhile, bounced backmost from their decision to Ghana by edging DR Congo 2-0, securing 2nd spot with 4 points.

DR Congo, contempt finishing third, progressed arsenic 1 of the tournament’s best-performing third-placed teams, besides ending the radical signifier with 4 points.

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Source: YEN.com.gh