{"id":339785,"date":"2017-01-23T08:55:08","date_gmt":"2017-01-23T08:55:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/01\/23\/we-played-mature-football-in-the-second-half-avram-grant\/"},"modified":"2017-01-23T08:55:08","modified_gmt":"2017-01-23T08:55:08","slug":"we-played-mature-football-in-the-second-half-avram-grant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/01\/23\/we-played-mature-football-in-the-second-half-avram-grant\/","title":{"rendered":"We played mature football in the second half, Avram Grant"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Sports News of Monday, 23 January 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>GHANAsoccernet.com <\/p>\n<p>2017-01-23<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/96417865.295.jpg\" alt=\"Black Stars AFCON2017\" title=\"Black Stars AFCON2017\" width=\"295\" height=\"181\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Black Stars<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=146252114537294\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=146252114537294\"><br \/>\n\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/1485170076_832_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Coach Avram Grant says the pumpy pitch at the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations in Gabon is preventing his talented team to put up convincing second-half display at the tournament.<\/p>\n<p>The Israeli hailed the manner of Ghana&#8217;s 1-0 win over Mali that put them in the quarter-finals, even though they had to hold on in the second half.<\/p>\n<p>This is similar to what happened in the first game as they struggled to dominate Uganda in the second-half after bossing the first-half of the 1-0 win.<\/p>\n<p>Grant thinks the nature of the bumpy pitches makes its difficult to suit the style of play of his in the second half.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We dominated the game completely in the first half,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Then Mali played direct and we needed to fight.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;On this pitch it was very difficult to counter-attack and passes went astray.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In the first half we played good football and in the second half we played mature football.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Ghana face Egypt in their final match on Wednesday and a draw will ensure they finish top of the table.<\/p>\n<p>Mali still have a chance to qualify if they beat Uganda, also on Wednesday, but they would also need Egypt to lose to Ghana and it would then come down to goal difference.<\/p>\n<div class=\"related_articles\" style=\"width: 100%;\">\n<div style=\"clear: both; font-size: 90%; background-color: #eeeaea; padding: 5px; width: 60%; margin-top: 10px;\">\n<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border:0; padding:0\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/1484917397_56_96124592.jpg\" style=\"padding-right:2px;\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"border:0; padding:0;width:100%; vertical-align:middle; font-size:11px;\">Courtesy of <b>GHANAsoccernet.com<\/b> &#8211; Ghana&#8217;s leading football news website. 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