{"id":60034,"date":"2023-11-19T15:14:11","date_gmt":"2023-11-19T15:14:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/?p=60034"},"modified":"2023-11-19T15:01:56","modified_gmt":"2023-11-19T15:01:56","slug":"world-cup-qualifier-ghana-punishes-madagascar-1-0","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/world-cup-qualifier-ghana-punishes-madagascar-1-0","title":{"rendered":"World Cup Qualifier: Ghana punishes Madagascar 1-0"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Ghana. <\/strong><\/span>Ghana\u2019s men\u2019s senior national team on Friday scored in injury time against Madagascar to secure its first win at 1-0 in the opening match of the 2026 World Cup qualifiers.<\/b><\/p>\n

At the Baba Yara Sports Stadium in Kumasi, Ghana\u2019s second-largest city, the Black Stars, having been abysmal in their last two international friendlies against Mexico and the United States, started the match with the determination to secure all three points of the day.<\/p>\n

However, their opponents showed gritty qualities as they matched the West Africans stride for stride in the first half of the match.<\/p>\n

The match was evenly contested, as both teams created some decent chances but failed to convert them into goals, ending the first half scoreless.<\/p>\n

In the second half, Ghanaian manager Chris Hughton introduced some fresh players to boost the attacking options of the four-time African champions.<\/p>\n

Despite the changes, the visitors remained resolute as they gave their all in the game to prevent the home team from scoring.<\/p>\n

The Black Stars, however, broke the deadlock in the 96th minute when striker Inaki Williams headed a pass into the net of their opponents.<\/p>\n

Comoros leads Group I with three points and a superior goal difference, while Ghana is second with three points and one goal.<\/p>\n

The Ghanaians will face Comoros in Tuesday\u2019s next World Cup qualifier.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Ghana<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Ghana. Ghana\u2019s men\u2019s senior national team on Friday scored in injury time against Madagascar to secure its first win at 1-0 in the opening match of the 2026 World Cup qualifiers. At the Baba Yara Sports Stadium in Kumasi, Ghana\u2019s second-largest city, the Black Stars, having been abysmal in their last two international […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":60033,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,17],"tags":[5092,5096,429],"class_list":["post-60034","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-sport","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-ghana","tag-ghana"],"yoast_head":"\nWorld Cup Qualifier: Ghana punishes Madagascar 1-0 - Ghana<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Ghana\u2019s men\u2019s senior national team on Friday scored in injury time against Madagascar to secure its first win at 1-0 ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/world-cup-qualifier-ghana-punishes-madagascar-1-0\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"World Cup Qualifier: Ghana punishes Madagascar 1-0\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Ghana\u2019s men\u2019s senior national team on Friday scored in injury time against Madagascar to secure its first win at 1-0 ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/world-cup-qualifier-ghana-punishes-madagascar-1-0\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Ghana\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-11-19T15:14:11+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/ghana\/sites\/18\/2023\/11\/sm_1700393352.139503.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/world-cup-qualifier-ghana-punishes-madagascar-1-0#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/world-cup-qualifier-ghana-punishes-madagascar-1-0\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"World Cup Qualifier: Ghana punishes Madagascar 1-0\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-11-19T15:14:11+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/world-cup-qualifier-ghana-punishes-madagascar-1-0\"},\"wordCount\":242,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/world-cup-qualifier-ghana-punishes-madagascar-1-0#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/ghana\/sites\/18\/2023\/11\/sm_1700393352.139503.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Ghana\",\"ghana\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"sport\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/world-cup-qualifier-ghana-punishes-madagascar-1-0#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/world-cup-qualifier-ghana-punishes-madagascar-1-0\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/world-cup-qualifier-ghana-punishes-madagascar-1-0\",\"name\":\"World Cup Qualifier: Ghana punishes Madagascar 1-0 - Ghana\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/world-cup-qualifier-ghana-punishes-madagascar-1-0#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/world-cup-qualifier-ghana-punishes-madagascar-1-0#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/ghana\/sites\/18\/2023\/11\/sm_1700393352.139503.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-11-19T15:14:11+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"Ghana\u2019s men\u2019s senior national team on Friday scored in injury time against Madagascar to secure its first win at 1-0 ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/world-cup-qualifier-ghana-punishes-madagascar-1-0#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/world-cup-qualifier-ghana-punishes-madagascar-1-0\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/world-cup-qualifier-ghana-punishes-madagascar-1-0#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/ghana\/sites\/18\/2023\/11\/sm_1700393352.139503.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/ghana\/sites\/18\/2023\/11\/sm_1700393352.139503.jpg\",\"width\":1280,\"height\":720,\"caption\":\"World Cup Qualifier: Ghana punishes Madagascar 1-0\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/world-cup-qualifier-ghana-punishes-madagascar-1-0#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"World Cup Qualifier: Ghana punishes Madagascar 1-0\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/\",\"name\":\"Ghana\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"cfeditoren\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"World Cup Qualifier: Ghana punishes Madagascar 1-0 - Ghana","description":"Ghana\u2019s men\u2019s senior national team on Friday scored in injury time against Madagascar to secure its first win at 1-0 ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/world-cup-qualifier-ghana-punishes-madagascar-1-0","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"World Cup Qualifier: Ghana punishes Madagascar 1-0","og_description":"Ghana\u2019s men\u2019s senior national team on Friday scored in injury time against Madagascar to secure its first win at 1-0 ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/world-cup-qualifier-ghana-punishes-madagascar-1-0","og_site_name":"Ghana","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa","article_published_time":"2023-11-19T15:14:11+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1280,"height":720,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/ghana\/sites\/18\/2023\/11\/sm_1700393352.139503.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/world-cup-qualifier-ghana-punishes-madagascar-1-0#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/world-cup-qualifier-ghana-punishes-madagascar-1-0"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"World Cup Qualifier: Ghana punishes Madagascar 1-0","datePublished":"2023-11-19T15:14:11+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/world-cup-qualifier-ghana-punishes-madagascar-1-0"},"wordCount":242,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/world-cup-qualifier-ghana-punishes-madagascar-1-0#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/ghana\/sites\/18\/2023\/11\/sm_1700393352.139503.jpg","keywords":["Africa Press","Africa Press-Ghana","ghana"],"articleSection":["all news","sport"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/world-cup-qualifier-ghana-punishes-madagascar-1-0#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/world-cup-qualifier-ghana-punishes-madagascar-1-0","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/world-cup-qualifier-ghana-punishes-madagascar-1-0","name":"World Cup Qualifier: Ghana punishes Madagascar 1-0 - Ghana","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/world-cup-qualifier-ghana-punishes-madagascar-1-0#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/world-cup-qualifier-ghana-punishes-madagascar-1-0#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/ghana\/sites\/18\/2023\/11\/sm_1700393352.139503.jpg","datePublished":"2023-11-19T15:14:11+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"Ghana\u2019s men\u2019s senior national team on Friday scored in injury time against Madagascar to secure its first win at 1-0 ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/world-cup-qualifier-ghana-punishes-madagascar-1-0#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/world-cup-qualifier-ghana-punishes-madagascar-1-0"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/world-cup-qualifier-ghana-punishes-madagascar-1-0#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/ghana\/sites\/18\/2023\/11\/sm_1700393352.139503.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/ghana\/sites\/18\/2023\/11\/sm_1700393352.139503.jpg","width":1280,"height":720,"caption":"World Cup Qualifier: Ghana punishes Madagascar 1-0"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/world-cup-qualifier-ghana-punishes-madagascar-1-0#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"World Cup Qualifier: Ghana punishes Madagascar 1-0"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/","name":"Ghana","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"cfeditoren"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60034","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60034"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60034\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60033"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60034"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60034"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60034"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}