United and Monaco, fired home from distance to
seal a win for the Black Stars
Ten-man Ghana overcame Togo 1-0 in a friendly
as Bernard Mensah marked his debut with a fine
strike to seal victory for the Black Stars.
Mensah has impressed in midfield for club side
Vitoria Guimaraes this season and has reportedly
attracted the attention of the likes of Manchester
United and Monaco.
United scouts were rumoured to be in the crowd i
Accra on Monday and Mensah put on a show, wit
his 30-yard effort just after the half-hour mark
proving decisive.
Togo were without talismanic forward Emmanuel
Adebayor after he was removed from the squad fo
failing to join up with the party on time and they
struggled to make headway against a stubborn
Ghana defence.
With 10 minutes to go, Togo's Mathieu Dossevi
rattled the crossbar with a powerful drive, before
Ghana saw Wakaso Mubarak given a straight red
card for an elbow.
But the hosts were able to hold out and can head
into Saturday's Africa Cup of Nations qualifier with
Mauritius on the back of a confidence-boosting
victory.
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