GHANA OVERCOMES DR CONGO TO MOVE TO SEMI FINAL

Black stars booked their semi final ticket courtesy of a penalty goal by Kwabina Adusei which has put Ghana into a highly-anticipated African Nations Championship semifinal against Nigeria as beaten opponents DR Congo prepare to go home.
It was a tightly-contested match and DRC had a penalty appeal denied in the dying seconds of the game.
Ghana were the first to threaten in the seventh minute when Mpong’s header went well wide after some early pressure on the DRC defence.Then, six minutes later DRC had a good chance on goal when Mubele skinned his marker but sent his powerful effort from inside the area way over and into the crowd.
In the 27th minute Ghana went very close through Anobaah - who scored the opening goal for Ghana in this year’s tournament – when he danced his way past a few DRC defenders before directing his effort onto the post from an acute angle.
Eight minutes later DRC got into a good position to score but Simbas striker Mabidi ballooned his effort way over the crossbar.Two minutes before the halftime break Ghana had another chance when the ball fell nicely for Adusei, but he could not make it count for the Black Stars.
As the second half started there was a chance for DRC, but Lusadisu sliced his effort wide of goal from outside the area.
In the 54th minute, DRC nearly gifted Yahaya Mohammed a goal, but goalkeeper Robert Kidiaba reacted well to clear the ball from Yahaya's feet following a horrible back pass.
Kwabina Adusei opened the scoring for Ghana from the penalty spot after 68 minutes. The spot kick was awarded after DRC’s Kimwika handled the ball in the area.
In the 75th minute Ghana had another chance as Bansey sent his headed attempt wide of goal before Kasusula shot over the crossbar.
In the 80th minute DRC showed their intent to pull a goal back when Nzinga shot wide from range and moments later Mundele was stopped in a tackle.
In the 84th minute the impressive Yahaya Mohammed should have made it two for Ghana when he was right in front of the keeper and missed.
DRC had a penalty appeal denied in the dying moments of referee’s optional time, which lasted for as many as six minutes.