Two goal hero Kwabena Owusu was adjudged the man of the match in last night's game against Mali at the Caf U-23 Afcon.

The Cordoba striker who by his high standard has had an underwhelming tournament burst the bubble of the Malians with some two goals.

First a well taken header across the goalkeeper after a brilliant cross from Kingsley Fobi in the 74th minute to open the scoring before running onto a long pass to slot home beyond the goal keeper in the 85th minute.

His brace sent the Black Meteors through to the semi-finals after seemingly being on the brink of elimination from the tournament.

Ghana had just a point after playing two games games against Cameroon and host nation Egypt.

The Black Meteors drew their opening game against Cameroon before succumbing to an excruciating 3-2 defeat to Egypt despite leading twice.

Ghana needed a win in the last game and also needed Egypt to win to secure qualification and luckily for the them it did happen.