{"id":480579,"date":"2011-09-03T01:19:54","date_gmt":"2011-09-03T01:19:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/09\/03\/ghana-2-swaziland-0-full-time\/"},"modified":"2011-09-03T01:19:54","modified_gmt":"2011-09-03T01:19:54","slug":"ghana-2-swaziland-0-full-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/09\/03\/ghana-2-swaziland-0-full-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghana 2  Swaziland 0 (Full-Time)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/7fbaf5761427_389855.jpg.jpg\" border=\"1\" class=\"c13\" \/><span>England-based Sunderland striker, Asamoah &#8220;Baby Jet&#8221; Gyan and Udinese midfielder, Agyeman Badu have given Ghana\u2019s Black Stars a two-goal cushion in their penultimate game against Swaziland, who are bottom of the four-team Group I table in the Africa Cup of Nations qualifying series played at the Accra Sports Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>The deadly striker leapt gracefully and headed in from close range via a lovely Dominic Adiyiah cross in the 10minute.<\/p>\n<p>Adiyiah is playing on the right wing position.<\/p>\n<p>Agyeman Badu rifled home a shot from about 20 yards into the bottom corner of the Swazi goal in the 76th minute after a perfectly laid pass from Prince Tagoe.<\/p>\n<p>Now with Turkish side Bursaspor, Prince Tagoe came on in the first half to replace the injured Asamoah Gyan.<\/p>\n<p>Ghana had a goal disallowed in the 72 minute after Prince Tagoe was adjudged to be in an offside position.<\/p>\n<p>John Pantsil is captaining the Black Stars for the first time in his international career.<\/p>\n<p>The Leicester City man is deputizing in the absence of centre-back John Mensah who is injured.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/2ff724176816_490514.JPG.jpg\" border=\"1\" \/><span>FIFA Referee Cordien Adan is in the middle of affairs in this crucial match that the Black Stars must win at all cost to open a three point gap on the table. The Chadian is being assisted on the lines by fellow nationals Yaya Issa and Largue Jonas<\/p>\n<p>Ghana sits top of the table with a better goal advantage ahead of Sudan.<\/p>\n<p>Last September, Ghana routed the Swazis in front of their home fans at the Somholo Stadium with goals from Andre Ayew, Prince Tagoe and Hans Adu Sarpei.<\/p>\n<p>The Southern Africans have let in 11 goals and scored only twice in four matches.<\/p>\n<p>Ghana line-up: Adam Kwarasey, John Pantsil, Daniel Opare, Jonathan Mensah, Isaac Vorsah, Emmanuel Agyemang Badu, Dominic Adiyiah, Derek Boateng, Asamoah Gyan\/Prince Tagoe, Sulley Muntari\/Kwadwo Asamoah, Andre Ayew.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> England-based Sunderland striker, Asamoah &#8220;Baby Jet&#8221; Gyan and Udinese midfielder, Agyeman Badu have given Ghana\u2019s Black Stars a two-goal cushion in their penultimate game against Swaziland, who are bottom of the four-team Group I table in the Africa Cup of Nations qualifying series played at the Accra Sports Stadium. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-480579","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - 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