Kickoff (Cape Town)
29 September 2008
The Black Satellites will take a slender 2-1 advantage to their African Youth Championship second leg qualifier second leg match in Banjul against Gambia but Sellas Tetteh is confident his side can still qualify.
The national U-20 side made hard work of the first leg encounter at the Ohene Djan Stadium to leave their qualification hopes in near tatters after failing to make the most of home advantage.
And given Gambia's strong reputation at home, many Ghanaian fans filed out of the stadium resigned to the fact that Ghana's wait for a first appearance at the competition since 2003 will be extended.
Yet they should have gone home more confident than that if Ransford Osei had converted his first d half penalty to give the Satellites a 3-1 advantage into the second leg. Instead his shot was saved by Gambia goalkeeper Christopher Allen.
Tetteh will take pride in the manner his side fought back in the second half to win after the Gambians had taken a first half lead through Paul Jaitia.
Spain based Rabiu Mohammed scored the equalizer for the Satellites on 62minutes before Samuel Inkoom's powerful drive deflected off a Gambian to give Ghana the slender advantage going into the second leg.
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