AFCON 2023: Sloppy Black Stars lose to Cape Verde in opening match

Cape Verde took a giant step towards making it to the next stage of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) after they beat Black Stars in their Group B opening match on Sunday evening in Abidjan. It was a difficult night for the four times champions as their poor run in the AFCON continued with winning only one match out of nine since 2019. Following a mistake by goalkeeper Richard Ofori, Jameiro Monteiro’s tap-in gave the Blue Sharks the lead 17 minutes into the contest. Chris Hughton’s men pushed for the equalizer before the end of the first half with Majeed Ashimeru scoring a  beautiful long range goal but got disallowed after Ransford Yeboah was caught offside.