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Mali made short work of Ghana on Friday night with a 3-0 friendly win featuring a trio of Les Aigles players scoring the goals for the senior team.
Stade Rennais Hamare Toure opened the scoring on his 25 appearances for Mali after picking a delightful through pass from Cheick Dacoure to slot the ball with his right foot from the right side of the 18-yard box into the bottom left corner with no little to do by helpless Lawrence Ati zigi for 1-0 lead in the third minute.
Mali doubled their lead shortly after the restart Stad de Riems’ El Bilal Toure met Hamari sumptuous cross with a powerful header from the centre of the Ghana area past Ati Zigi who could do nothing about it for 2-0 lead in the 49th minute.
Amadou Haidara scored from a difficult angle after his first attempt hit the inside of the post following a beautiful run which saw the RB Leipzig man beat the offside trap of the Black stars.
Both teams had several players missing from their squads for the first international held at Emir Sports Complex Antalya without supporters.
Mohammed Kudus, John Boye, Asamoah Gyan, Mubarak Wakasu, Richard Ofori
all missed the match after they breached COVID-19 protocol regulations.
Mali also missed They are doing this to us without their stars Moussa Djenepo, Moussa Marega, Molla Wague, Abdoulaye Diaby, Yves Bissouma, Diadie Samassekou, Mohammed Camara, Sekou Koita through same.
Next up for Charles Akonnor’s team is another friendly against Qatar on Monday.
