Ghana have booked their place at next year’s Africa Youth Championships after completing a massive 6-1 aggregate win over Benin in Accra.
The Black Satellites made sure of their place in Libya with an efficient first half display to beat their West African rivals 4-1 at the Accra Sports Stadium and 5-0 overall after winning the first leg 2-0.
Genoa’s Richmond Boakye-Yiadom who has been in rich goal scoring form scored a brace in the first half before Jordan Ayew, playing his first game in the qualifiers added a third from the penalty spot after Ebo Andoh had been fouled in the box.
Osei Pele scored after coming off the bench before Benin scored a consolation late on.Ghana will now go on to defend the crown they won emphatic fashion in Rwanda next year in Libya and look to book a place from there to the World Youth Championships in order to defend their world title.
Source: ESPN News
