Starlets
qualify
at
the
expense
of
Baby
Elephants
Sunyani(B/A),
Dec.
10,
GNA
–
The
National
Under-17
side,
the
Black
Starlets
on
Sunday
beat
the
Baby
Elephants
of
Cote
D'Ivoire
by
two
goals
to
nil
(2-0)
to
qualify
for
the
African
Under-17
tournament
next
year
in
their
second
leg
qualifier
at
the
Sunyani
Coronation
Park.
The
Starlets
opened
the
scores
in
the
third
minute
of
the
match
through
striker
Adams
Sadick
after
tussling
with
a
defender
over
the
ball
right
inside
the
18
yard
box
from
an
in-swinger
delivered
from
the
right
flank.
The
National
side
dominated
play
in
the
entire
90
minutes
of
the
game
with
the
best
opportunities
coming
their
way
in
an
attempt
to
increase
the
tally
in
the
25th,
35th,
40th
and
the
68th
minutes
but
the
Ivorian
goalkeeper,
Okoua
Christian
Fabrice
was
on
target
to
salvage
the
situation
by
punching
out
most
ofthe
dangerous
kicks
delivered
by
strikers
Alhassan
Abdul
Narh,
Adams
Sadick
and
Osei
Ransford.
Osei
Ransford
finally
struck
home
for
the
second
goal
for
Ghana
in
the
69th
minute
when
he
capitalized
on
an
off-side
trap
set
up
by
the
visitors
to
beat
the
keeper
to
the
ball
following
a
surging
pass
from
substitute
Ishmael
Yartey
to
send
the
home
fans
on a
joyous
mood.
The
first
leg
ended
3-1
in
favour
of
the
Ivorians.
GNA
