Previous Ghana worldwide Prince Tagoe happened to the seat to score a physical issue time balancer for the African Giants in an engaging 2-2 draw against the Borussia Dortmund Legends on Saturday at the Accra Sports Stadium.
The match which was the feature of a five-day visit through the country by ex-players of the German Bundesliga monsters saw Tagoe, 35, satisfy his Prince of Goals moniker to even out the tie for the African Giants, a group contained ex-Ghana internationals and previous Togolese commander Emmanuel Adebayor.
Before that, Augustine Arhinful had given the African Giants an early lead which was counterbalanced by Mohamed Zidan from the punishment spot in the principal half before winger Kevin Großkreutz gave the Dortmund legends a fleeting 2-1 lead in the final part.
The Dortmund Legends ruled the initial trades with Ghana-conceived David Odonkor and Egyptian Zidan undermining the Giants' guard of Samuel Kuffuor, John Painstil, Jerry Akaminko and Isaac Vorsah with their speed.
Nonetheless, It was the African Giants who broke the stop in the sixteenth moment. Previous Black Stars skipper Stephen Appiah got a pass from Derek Boateng in the last third and played-in Augustine Arhinful who got away from his marker before skillfully opening home the ball past the onrushing Roman Weidenfeller who was in objective for the Germans.
Appiah and his previous colleague Laryea Kingston then got pulling going their stunts against the substantially more workmanlike Dortmund side who drew level from the punishment spot in the 21st moment when Grossgreutz was felled by Isaac Vorsah.
The subsequent extra shot was crushed through the grip of goalie Sammy Adjei by Zidan.
The Germans went near scoring again before the break however were thwarted by Adjei or by wayward shooting from any semblance of Odonkor.
The progression of the game was disturbed by a heap of changes by the two sides in the subsequent period however it was Dortmund who went on again when Großkreutz cut in onto his right foot from the left-flank and nestled into gave past an unsighted Adjei in the 58th moment.
The African Giants trained by three-time African Footballer of the Year, Abedi "Pele" Ayew then, at that point, went on the chase after the balancer with Kwame Ayew, Tagoe and Godwin Attram falling off the seat in the chase after an objective.
Tagoe drew the groups level from a free-streaming passing move which saw Akaminko change a pass from profound to Kwadwo Asamoah on the left flank, the previous Juventus man then, at that point, hurled in a ball to Kwame Ayew who flicked-on a pass to the previous TSG Hoffenheim man who scored from around the punishment spot.
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