{"id":391256,"date":"2017-05-20T11:54:47","date_gmt":"2017-05-20T11:54:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/05\/20\/kwesi-appiah-records-emphatic-5-0-victory-in-first-match\/"},"modified":"2017-05-20T11:54:47","modified_gmt":"2017-05-20T11:54:47","slug":"kwesi-appiah-records-emphatic-5-0-victory-in-first-match","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/05\/20\/kwesi-appiah-records-emphatic-5-0-victory-in-first-match\/","title":{"rendered":"Kwesi Appiah records emphatic 5-0 victory in first match"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<blockquote class=\"article-intro\" itemprop=\"description\">\n<p>New Ghana coach Kwasi Appiah made a winning start to his second stint as head coach of the Black Stars leading the local Black Stars to a 5-0 friendly win over lower-tier Accra Lions on Wednesday at Prampram.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n\t\t\t<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\t\t<!-- new position --><br \/>\n          <!-- new position end --><\/p>\n<section class=\"article-content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>Richard Arthur, who signed for Kumasi Asante Kotoko bagged a brace for the local Black Stars to hand Appiah an emphatic win after his unveiling on Tuesday in Accra.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>The leading scorer of the Ghana Premier League, Nicholas Gyan of Ebusua Dwarfs gave the Stars a 1-0 lead at recess before Arthur&#8217;s brace as well as goals by Tema Youth captain Joseph Paintsil and Asante Kotoko winger Emmanuel Gyamfi settled the tie in the second half.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Appiah and his new-look backroom are observing 30 local-based players at the\u00a0Ghanaman Soccer School of Excellence\u00a0ahead of the 2018 CHAN qualifier against Burkina Faso in August and the 2017 WAFU Nations Cup in September.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-right: auto; 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