At 3:00 Beijing time on January 19, the 3rd round of the African Cup of Nations Group C, the Comoros played against Ghana. Ben Habnane broke the deadlock, Moni scored twice and scored in the 85th minute, the Comoros narrowly beat Ghana 3-2 to win the African Cup of Nations for the first time in the team's history, and the opponent was out of the game.
Just three minutes into the opening, comoros broke the ball at the back, a direct pass led the counterattack, Yusuf crossed from the right, Ben Habnane into the box, and a right-footed shot broke the goal. From the launch of the counterattack to the completion of the finish, the Comoros only touched the ball three times, which took less than 8 seconds.
It was the first goal in the history of the Comoros in the African Cup of Nations, where Ben Habnane was held in the arms of his teammates and the players on the bench surrounded him in the middle, and the whole team went crazy. The 32-year-old Ben Habunane is the comoros' number one star and currently plays for Red Star Belgrade, scoring in both the Champions League and the Europa League.
In the 24th minute, there was another dramatic scene on the field, Andre Ayew was so dedicated that he did not brake the car with a shovel in front of the goal, directly shoveling the opposing goalkeeper to the ground. The referee watched VAR and found him seriously fouled and sent him off with a red card, and Garner played 1 less man.
In the 61st minute, Selemani's cross from the right was met by Ben Habnane after taking the ball on the penalty spot, and Moni turned away from the edge of the penalty area and fired a powerful right-footed shot from the next city, 2-0!
After the goal, Moni was very excited, ran wildly with open arms, and plunged into the bench, and the Comoros reveled again.
Two goals behind, Ghana finally woke up, in the 64th minute Keerre corner cross, substitute Boakiye seized the opponent's mistake, the goal of the header hanging in front of the hand, 1-2!
Chinese fans are no strangers to Boakiyer, who briefly played for Jiangsu Suning in 2018 but scored just three goals in 16 appearances and left after only half a year in the Chinese Super League.
In the 76th minute, Garner once again created chaos through a corner kick, Thomas Patei's header in front of the goal was crossed, Dikiku scored the ball from close range, and Garner scored two goals in 13 minutes, making the score 2-2!
In the 85th minute, Yusuf delivered his second assist, and Moni stepped in front of goal to stage a good second, 3-2! In the end, the Comoros defeated Ghana 3-2 and won the African Cup of Nations for the first time.
You know, the Comoros is only 132nd in the world, third from the bottom of the 24 participating teams, and has waited for this victory for 43 years since its inception in 1979.
More exaggeratedly, the Comoros is an east African island state, consisting of 4 islands, with a land area of only 3,300 square kilometers and a population of only 870,000. However, they won the African Cup of Nations for the first time and beat the former champions, and Ghana, which is currently ranked 52nd in the world, is really remarkable.
After the game, the Comoros team once again reveled, the players were quite excited, and the Ghanaians were extremely frustrated, because they only had 1 point after 3 rounds and were out at the bottom.