Ghana whipped Mauritania in an international friendly on Tuesday evening at the Accra Sports Stadium.
The Black Stars thumped the Lions of Chinguetti 3:1 to boost AFCON confidence as they target the ultimate.
Ghana opened the early minutes with brilliant of display, putting pressure on the defense of Mauritania to get the opener.
AFC Wembledon sensation, Kwesi Appiah grabbed the opener for the Black Stars in his seventh appearance by perfectly converting a spot kick in the 3rd minutes of the encounter.
The home side kept putting pressure on the away team but failed to get the double due to well composed defense of coach Corentin Martins side.
Mauritania returned from the tunnel with much resilience to get the equalizer and finally had parity restored through a sublime free-kick from skipper Adama Ba in the 48th minutes of play.
The game became a ding-dong affair until Trabzonspor talisman Caleb Ekuban was substituted into the game. The budding talent once again scored in the 70th minutes to bring Ghana ahead.
Atletico Madrid midfield dynamo and skipper for the day Thomas Partey, had the third goal for Black Stars in just eighteen minutes away from stoppage time.
Ghana and Mauritania have qualified for the 32nd edition of the AFCON which is slated for June this year in Egypt.
