1650 The 90 minutes are up but with just two minutes added time, the Satellites fail to redeem their image. Its 3-1 in favour of France.
1648 Ghana lifts up their game with surging runs on the flanks but the final deliveries are well defended by the French.
1645 Assifuah gets a great opportunity to make it two for the Ghana but shoots wide.
1643 Ghana's Yiadom gets a consolation with a tap-in from close range. Great run on the left.
1638 Its three goals now a perfect build up and a superb finish from Barbet.
1635 Ghana commits more men forward and wins a free kick but its is poorly executed as France are on the break.
1630 France in the driving seat now looking more relaxed. Ghana coach Tetteh makes some quick substitution in a hope for a desperate come-back.
1627 GOAL!!!!! Yahya Sanogo again increases the tally to two with his powerful left foot strike which zooms straight through the legs of Antwi for the second goal.
1625 GOAL!!!!!! France are in the lead and its Sanogo who leaps to head home the powerful throw-in. Antwi completely beaten.
1624 Great piece of defending from Lartey to prevent a sticky situation. France earns a thrown-in which is taken long and hard.
1611 Ghana responds with a sublime build-up from the right but Francis Narh's final strike goes wayward. Its the closest the Satellites have come to scoring.
1610 Sweet build up from France with a teasing ball to Barbeck but the winger shoots from close range, forcing a superb save from Antwi. The angle was too acute to force the ball through.
1606 France wins a corner but poorly executed and well defended by Ghana. France appear to be dictating the pace of the game but lack ideas upfront.
1603 Frances gets the second half underway.
Back from recess
1545+2 Referee brings first half to a close. Its still goalless and France will be the disappointed of the two. They have created the best of the opportunities but have been wasteful in front of goal.
1537 France captain Pogba has been yellow carded for a foul on Ghana's Duncan. The Ghanaian midfielder was making a rampaging run on the left but the France skipper intelligently clips him to the ground to avert any disaster.
1532 France mounts pressure on the Ghana defence with a desperate attempt to open their account but the final touch lets the France striker down. Its still goalless.
1520 France wins a freekick but wasted.
1517 France creates what is easily the most glaring opportunity in the game so far but Barbeck from close range shoots wide. He was set up beautifully but with only Antwi in post, Barbeck decides to waste the ball.
1513 Ghana wins the first corner kick but well defended by France.
1506 Joseph Duncan from 25 yards releases a thunderbolt which whisks just wide from goal. France replies but Sanogo's half volley from near post goes wide.
1500 Ghana sets the game underway and in just under a minute Assafuah whips in a teasing cross from the left but misses two Ghanaian heads just in front of goal.
1457 The national anthems of the two countries are played. France first followed by that of Ghana. The two teams exchange pleasantries.
1455 The two teams file onto the pitch. Ghana in their traditional all white apparel. France in an all blue apparel.
The national U-20 team the Black Satellites seek to repeat the 2009 conquest of the world with an opening Group A game against France.
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