Ghana's Emmanuel Boateng scores for Rio Ave against Boavista

Ghana international, Emmanuel Boateng scored in Rio Ave's 3-2 defeat to Boavista on Saturday evening.

The former UD Levante striker started for his team today when the side hosted the matchday 29 opponent of the 2022/23 Liga Portugal season.

While both teams would play very well in the first half and scored a chunk of the goals before halftime.

Yusupha Njie, Bruno Lourenço, and Ricardo Mangas scored for the home side in the 9th, 12th, and 35th minute respectively. Hernâni made it 2-1 in the 15th minute.

In the second half, Rio Ave played better but they had to finish the game with 10 men. Leonardo Ruiz was sent off for a foul in the 62nd minute.

Ghana forward Emmanuel Boateng came on to replace Hernâni in the 75th minute. He scored in the 85th minute after receiving a pass from Vitor Gomes.

The striker now has five goals after making 24 league appearances this season.