After the heartache of conceding a last-minute winner against Senegal in its opener, ecstasy has followed with the Black Stars stealing all three points at the death in their second Group C match against tournament favorite Algeria.
Following 91 minutes of a game of football that had very little to show for it, Asamoah Gyan — back for Ghana after a bout of malaria — was on hand to keep his nation’s dream of a first Africa Cup of Nations title in 33 years alive.
Despite a poor showing, but for a handful of minutes at this tournament, Avram Grant’s men will take heart from beating the competition’s highest-ranked team — the last time it defeated Algeria in the Africa Cup of Nations, it went on to win the whole thing in 1982.
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