Source: CCTV.com

01-29-2008 09:50

Special Report:   2008 African Cup

Ghana have claimed a comfortable victory over Morocco to reach the quarter-finals as Group A winners. Michael Essien was the man-of-the-match on Monday as Hosts Ghana took the lead after 26 minutes. Sulley Muntari's 20-yard free-kick on the right got picked up by Michael Essien, who prodded it into the net.

Ghana have claimed a comfortable victory over Morocco to reach  the quarter-finals as Group A winners.

Just before the break the Ghana struck again to go two up, Essien picked up possession on the half-way line and surged to the edge of the penalty area, and threaded the ball through for Muntari for the finish. Chances to grab a third went to waste. But that's A-OK for Ghana as they advance to the quarterfinals with the two-nil victory.

John Mensah, Ghana Captain said "We are the home nation and we want to win this tournament. We have the supporters backing us and we are determined that every match we are going to play, play like a wounded lion to get our three points and that's what we want."

Youssef Safri, Morocco Captain said "We didn't deserve to be good in this game. We didn't deserve to win. We should be better. We should work much harder than today and today wasn't a surprise because Ghana was greater than us, much better than us and they deserved to win."