African Games: Crucial moments for Black Satellites as they need to beat Mali to advance

The national U20 side, Black Satellites come face to face with their Malian counterparts in a must win encounter in their final group match of the ongoing African Games in Rabat, Morocco

The Black Satellites need a win to seal their progress to the next stage of the tournament

Coach Yaw Preko’s charges won their first game 2-1 against Burundi but lost narrowly by 1-0 to Senegal in their second group game of the competition

Victory over Mali today will see the Satellites amass 6 points which would be enough to book their qualification to the next stage of tournament

Ghana last won this competition in 2011 triumphing over South Africa in the finals with current senior national team coach James Kwesi Appiah as the man in charge

Senegal will play Burundi in the other final group encounter. Both games kick off simultaneously at 16:30 GMT

By: Kanyiri Suburu Lucio/@SuburuAbdulai