In the early morning of January 15, Beijing time, the African Cup of Nations group stage once again made a moth!
At the moment when the referee's final whistle sounded, many people of the two teams were involved in the conflict, fists and feet facing each other, and some players fell to the ground on the spot to signal that they had been hit in the front door.
In the end, the referee had to quell the incident with a red card.
Such a scenario occurred in the second round of the African Cup of Nations Group C group match between Ghana and Gabon, Ghana ranked 52nd in the world, far better than Gabon at 89th place. Coupled with the fact that Aubameyang is still recovering from playing after testing positive, the balance of victory is tilted in favor of Ghana.
In the first round, Gabon beat the Comoros 1-0 and Ghana lost 1-0 to Morocco. With Morocco beating the Comoros 2-0 in the second group stage, the match between Gabon and Ghana was quite crucial.
In the first half, Ghanaian captain Andre a special team opened the record and Ghana made a good start.
If such a match is maintained until the end, Ghana will be tied for second in the group with Gabon, and in the last round Ghana will face the weakest Comoros, and there is almost no suspense in advancing directly to the top two of the group (6 groups in the African Cup of Nations).
However, the game changed dramatically in the 87th minute when Ghanaian Player Carlyle was injured in midfield and his teammates kicked the ball off the sideline.
Normally, gabonese players should return the ball to Ghana, but after firing the sideline ball, gabonese players caught their opponents off guard and attacked directly.
And, using this attack, Jim Alevina scored the equaliser goal. The two teams ended up fighting 1-1.
Such results made ghanaian players very unhappy, because of the 2-0 victory over the Comoros, after two rounds Morocco won 2 games to qualify early, Gabon had the advantage of 1 win and 1 draw, and Ghana, who had won the African Cup of Nations four times, was forced to a desperate situation with 1 draw and 1 loss.
Ghanaian players accused Gabon of unsportsmanlikeness, and several of the two teams were involved in the clashes, with Ghana's Benjamin Tate swinging his fist at the Gabonese player, who covered his face and fell to the ground.
Clashes and shoving between the two teams continued, and the on-duty referee had to show a red card to quell the incident.
After the match, the war of words between the two teams continued, with Ghanaian captain Ayew, who scored the goal, angrily rebuking his opponent: "The whole team of Gabon does not respect the sports code of fair play!" ”
Gabon coach Neviyu refused to admit his mistake, and he also shelled the Ghanaian players: "What is fair play? Prior to this (Gabon equalised), a number of Ghanaian players had deliberately delayed the game on many occasions, and they were not qualified to talk about fair play! ”