A poor display by the Super Eagles at the Moshood Abiola National Stadium, Abuja Tuesday ensured Ghana’s Black Stars qualified for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar on the away goal rule after both sides played out a 1-1 draw in the second leg of their final play-off faceoff.
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The Black Stars held the Eagles 0-0 in Kumasi on Friday, but they booked the ticket to Qatar after Thomas Partey’s opener was canceled out by a William Troost-Ekong penalty, but the Nigeria captain’s effort did not eventually count, as the visitors danced their way to the Middle East.
What followed was a flurry of chances and missed opportunities that should have killed the game off in the first half, but Eguavoen’s men failed to capitalize.
Ghana held on for all of the second halves and booked a return to the World Cup after their 2018 miss.