FIFA World Cup qualifiers (Group E):
- Congo 1-5 Ghana
Ghana Black Stars are back into contention for a place at the Russia 2018 FIFA World Cup after beating Congo Brazzaville 5-1 in a group E duel on Tuesday evening.
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Atletico Madrid midfielder Thomas Partey ran the show with a hat-trick as Richmond Boakye grabbed a brace in the match.
Inspired by the 1-1 stalemate away in the reverse fixture, Congo started like a house on fire, putting their visitors on the back foot.
Thievy Bifouma had a scoring opportunity just after the 10-minute mark, but the guests’ goalkeeper Richard Ofori stopped his shot.
Ayyet pulled a goal back for Congo that was only a consolation.
Ghana thus attained their first victory of the campaign, moving to 5 points but remained third.
Egypt, who later beat Uganda 1-0 in Alexanderia, returned to the summit of group E with 9 points.
It was Uganda’s first loss in the qualification campaign as the East African country remains on 7 points.
Congo sit bottom with one point.
Next Matches:
Congo travels to Egypt and Uganda will entertain Ghana in Kampala early next month.
Only one country will qualify to the FIFA 2018 World Cup in Russia.