STORY BY JACOB NARH NORTAH/TWITTER: NarhNortah
New Black Stars and FC Nante winger Osman Bukari scored the third goal to seal a 3-0 victory over the Bareas of Madagascar in the ongoing 2023 Africa cup of Nations qualifiers at the Cape Coast sports stadium on Wednesday night.
Bukari was introduced into the game by Head Coach Otto Addo in the second half. Daniel Kofi Kyereh, Osman Bukari & Antoine Semenyo replaced Issahaku Fatawu, Felix Afena Ohene-Gyan and Andre Ayew.
Osman scored at the 87th-minute mark to seal a vital victory for the Stars after Afena Ohene-Gyan and Kudus Mohamed shot the Stars in front by 2-0 in the 54th and 56th minutes respectively.
Ghana will top of the group E table as group opponent Angola only managed a 2-1 victory over Central African Republic
Black Stars players in camp for the game
Goalkeepers
Jojo Wollacote, Abdul Manaf Nurudeen, Lawrence Ati Zigi, Richard Ofori
Defenders
Dennis Oddoi, Alidu Saidu, Gideon Mensah ,Baba Rahman, Daniel Amartey, Joseph Aidoo
Midfielders
Iddrisu Baba, Edmond Addo, Elisha Owusu, Kudus Mohammed, Daniel Kofi Kyere, Mubarak Wakaso
Wingers
Joseph Paintsil, Andre Ayew, Augustine Okrah, Osman Bukari, Abdul Fatawu Ishahaku, Kamaldeen Sulemana, Yaw Yeboah, Christopher Antwi Agyei.
Strikers
Jordan Ayew, Daniel Afriyie, Felix Afena-Gyan, Kofi Okyere, Antoine Semenyo, Benjamin Tetteh, Braydon Manu.
Players who will not be part of the team to Central African Republic are Jonathan Mensah, Yaw Yeboah, Bryn Brobby and Richard Ofori but are expected to join the team for the tournament in Japan
The Team will fly out on Thursday to play the Central African Republic on Sunday.
The game against the Central African Republic will be live on GTV SPORTS+, GTV, OBONU TV and GARDEN CITY TV as well as on All GBC Radio stations and Digital platforms.