{"id":395180,"date":"2017-06-11T13:51:19","date_gmt":"2017-06-11T13:51:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/06\/11\/ghana-v-ethiopia-appiah-hands-out-three-debuts-benches-ayew\/"},"modified":"2017-06-11T13:51:19","modified_gmt":"2017-06-11T13:51:19","slug":"ghana-v-ethiopia-appiah-hands-out-three-debuts-benches-ayew","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/06\/11\/ghana-v-ethiopia-appiah-hands-out-three-debuts-benches-ayew\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghana v Ethiopia: Appiah hands out three debuts, benches Ayew"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>The coach of the senior national team, James Kwasi Appiah has handed out three debuts for the Black Stars 2019 AFCON qualifier against Ethiopia at the Baba Yara Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Appiah has handed starts to the trio of Lumor Agbenyenu, Thomas Agyepong and Rahpael Dwamena for the first competitive match of his second stint as Black Stars coach this afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n\t\t\t<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>He left out the likes of Swansea star Jordan Ayew, Majeed Waris and Jonathan Mensah on the substitutes bench for the clash.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>The stars will be led on the pitch by skipper Asamoah Gyan who partners FC Zurich&#8217;s Dwamena in attack.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>The midfield is comprised of West Ham United record signing Andre Ayew, Atletico Madrid&#8217;s Thomas Partey,\u00a0Thomas Agyapong and Ebenezer Ofori.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Leicester defender Daniel Amartey partners Sivasspor&#8217;s John Boye in the centre of defence while the fullback roles will be occupied\u00a0Agbenyenu and Harrison Afful with Wa All Stars Richard Ofori starting in goal.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>The AFCON 2019 Group F opener starts at 15:30 GMT at the Baba Yara Stadium in Kumasi.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Below is the Ghana squad<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Starting line-up:\u00a0<\/strong>Richard Ofori (GK), Harrison Afful, Lumor Agbenyenu, John Boye, Daniel Amartey, Ebenezer Ofori, Thomas Agyepong, Thomas Partey, Asamoah Gyan, Raphael Dwamena, Andre Ayew:<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bench:<\/strong> Majeed Waris, Jordan Ayew, Jonathan Mensah, Afriyie Acquah, Frank Acheampong, Joseph Addo (GK)<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/squyad.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t              <!-- new position --><br \/>\n          <!-- new position end -->\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The coach of the senior national team, James Kwasi Appiah has handed out three debuts for the Black Stars 2019 AFCON qualifier against Ethiopia at the Baba Yara Stadium. &#13; 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