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Gabon Without Stricken Aubameyang Rallies For Draw Against Ghana’s Black Stars

Gabon’s Ngowet Allevinah scored a late equaliser to earn his team an important 1-1 draw against one of Africa Cup of Nations favourites Ghana in Yaoundé on Friday night.

The Black Stars were narrowly beaten 1-0 by Morocco in their first group game and needed a positive result to remain in the frame for a round of 16 place and they got ahead through skipper Andre Ayew but the Gabon’s ensured a share of the spoils thanks to Allevinah’s equaliser.

For Gabon it was a pretty disturbing news regarding striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang after it emerged that he cannot play against Ghanaians due to a heart lesions which also affected the sup of Mario Lesina and Axel Meye.

The Panthers started brightly in Yaoundé with their full backs providing an outlet on the wide areas. Guelor Kaku found space on the right to deliver an inviting cross which Daniel Amartey headed away.

Bruno Ecuele Manga saw his effort blocked by the sliding challenge of Black Stars defender Alexander Kwabena after Iddrisu Baba had deflected a shot into the area.

Izuchukwu Okosi

Izuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc. In October 2004, Okosi joined Complete Communications Limited, publishers of Complete Sports newspaper and Complete Football magazine as a reporter and later script writer for the Complete Sports studio. He worked there for 13 years until October 2017. Okosi also worked various times as Correspondent, Content creator and Editor at Sports Market International Magazine, Opera News, All Nigeria Soccer Media and Iconic Media Watch. He also undertook freelance writing gigs for some local and international organizations. Okosi is a member of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Association of Movie Producers (AMP), Association of Voiceover Artistes of Nigeria (AVOA), Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) and Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ). He has been part of cast in some Nollywood movies and radio dramas including Blood Money 2, Scores To Settle, Dead End 2, Another Campus Tale and Battle Line. Aside mainstream media and the entertainment industry, he has interests in scouting/unearthing of talents in the sports and creative sectors, exports business and property development.