{"id":430123,"date":"2011-05-25T18:18:48","date_gmt":"2011-05-25T18:18:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/05\/25\/world-xi-beat-africa-xi-in-michael-essien-charity-peace-match\/"},"modified":"2011-05-25T18:18:48","modified_gmt":"2011-05-25T18:18:48","slug":"world-xi-beat-africa-xi-in-michael-essien-charity-peace-match","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/25\/world-xi-beat-africa-xi-in-michael-essien-charity-peace-match\/","title":{"rendered":"World Xi Beat Africa Xi In Michael Essien Charity Peace Match"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div readability=\"79\">Welcome to Ghanasoccernet.com, Ghana&#8217;s most authoritative football news website.<\/p>\n<div readability=\"7\"><strong><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-29937\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanasoccernet.com\/2011\/05\/world-xi-beat-africa-xi-in-michael-essien-charity-peace-match\/essien-drogba-2\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-29937\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanasoccernet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/essien-drogba1-300x214.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"214\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Didier Drogba and Michael Essien<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>A World XI select side beat a Michael Essien-captained Africa XI side 4-2 at the Ohene Djan Sports Stadium in Accra on a rainy Wednesday afternoon.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The match organized by Chelsea ace Michael Essien to mark the African Union (AU) which fell today to create the awareness of Peace on the continent.<\/p>\n<p>Zambia legend Kalusha Bwalya opened the scoring with a\u00a0 header in the first half for the Africa select side before Scott Smith equalized and Ghana legend Yaw Preko gave them a 2-1 lead into the break.<\/p>\n<p>Didier Drogab came off the bench to level for the Africa but it was a day for the World XI stars who got a pair of goals from Florent Malouda and captain Ashley Cole.<\/p>\n<p>Ex-Ghana striker Tony Yeboah, Nigeria legend Daniel Amokachi all made second half appearances for the Africa select side.<\/p>\n<p>The fans defied the rains and turned out massively to watch the match which was described a huge success.<\/p>\n<p>World XI: Nick Hamman-Lockwood Matt, Nigel de Jong, Freddie Ljungberg, Yaw Preko, Ellis Tebbunt, Quincy Owusu Abeyie, Jalloh Musa Akeem, Ashley Cole, Florenet Malouda,Scott Smith.<\/p>\n<p>Africa XI: Richard Kinsgon, Nkwankwo Kanu, Stephen Appiah, Kalusha Bwalya, Sammy Kuffour, Michael Essien, Asamoah Gyan, John Painstil, Salomon Kalou, Rabah Madjer, Yakubu Aiyegbeni.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>View original post here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/ghanasoccernet.com\/2011\/05\/world-xi-beat-africa-xi-in-michael-essien-charity-peace-match\/\" title=\"World Xi Beat Africa Xi In Michael Essien Charity Peace Match\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">World Xi Beat Africa Xi In Michael Essien Charity Peace Match<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Welcome to Ghanasoccernet.com, Ghana&#8217;s most authoritative football news website. 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