It is match day three of the 2023 African Cup of Nations qualifier at the Stade Adrar in Morocco where the group A match between Sierra Leone and Sao Tome Principe holds.

Sierra Leone came into this match as the 3rd placed team on the log having lost one and drew another of the day one and day two matches respectively, while Sao Tome and Principe came from the backfoot of two heavy defeats on the opening and match day two in the hands of Guinea Bissau and Nigeria.

It seems we have a revived Sao Tome and Principe team on this match day 3 as they found the back of the net in the 43rd minute through Luis Leal.

A fantastic cutback from Neves and a cool finish from Leal, the Sao Tome top scorer.

The Sao Tome held on till the end of 45 minutes but just three minutes into the 2nd half, Sierra Leone found their breakthrough and are back on level term in the 48 minutes. Thanks to a goal from Mustapha Bundu who lashed onto a spilled ball from Tavinho, the Sao Tome goalkeeper. And it is 1-1

Though Sierra Leone took charge of the game after the equalizer it was Sao tome who got the second goal.

A lovely interplay between the Sao Tome players and Luis Leal again just one minute before the half-hour mark, with a wonderful flick over the top of Ibrahim Cisse the Sierra Leone eighteen-year-old goalkeeper, gave Leal a brace and the Sao Tome regained the lead once again.

Meanwhile, the unrelenting Leone stars after hitting the goal post got their second goal in the 78th minute through Abu Komeh who tapped in a pass from Kamara.

It ended 2-2 at the Stade Adrar with Sao Tome picking their first point of the 2023 AFCON Qualifiers.

Sierra Leone and Sao Tome Principe remain 3rd and 4th respectively on the group A log irrespective of what happens between Nigeria and Guinea Bissau.