{"id":413698,"date":"2017-09-02T10:00:27","date_gmt":"2017-09-02T10:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/09\/02\/harrison-afful-should-have-started-against-congo-arhinful\/"},"modified":"2017-09-02T10:00:27","modified_gmt":"2017-09-02T10:00:27","slug":"harrison-afful-should-have-started-against-congo-arhinful","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/09\/02\/harrison-afful-should-have-started-against-congo-arhinful\/","title":{"rendered":"Harrison Afful should have started against Congo \u2013 Arhinful"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"mainbody\">\n<div id=\"leftsection\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin:5px\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/1499852581_434_ghanasoccernet5_160x100.jpg\" alt=\"Click to go to GhanaSoccerNet\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Sports News of Saturday,  2 September 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>ghanacrusader.com<\/p>\n<p>2017-09-02<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/39829126.295.jpg\" alt=\"Harrison Afful 02.13\" title=\"Harrison Afful 02.13\" width=\"295\" height=\"241\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Harrison Afful<\/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=149916385178506\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=149916385178506\">&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/1504346427_975_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Former Black Stars player, Augustine Arhinful, believes Harrison Afful should have started for Ghana when they were held to a 1-1 by Congo in the 2018 World Cup qualifier played at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The 30-year-old Columbus Crew defender was benched by head coach Kwesi Appiah but was later introduced in the second half to replace Attamah Larweh who had a dreadful debut outing for the Black Stars.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on the Football Legends Night Show on GHONE TV on Friday, Arhinful felt gutted when the highly experienced player was benched and felt he should have started irrespective of his form guide.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI look at football people speak all the time about Harrison Afful. But I felt Harrison should have started this game and later on if things were not going as planned, Attamah should have come in.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAttamah we all know is not a wind back or a right back but you need a player who needs to surge forward and give crosses, so in as much as Harrison has not been doing well in previous matches, I thought he should have started,\u201d Arhinful said.<\/p>\n<p>The Black Stars will travel to Brazzaville to face the Red Devils of Congo in the fourth round qualifier of the 2018 World Cup on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 55 updated by: 55 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"rightsection\">\n<div class=\"rightNavSection\" style=\"height:600px; margin-bottom:10px; clear:both;\">\n<div id=\"537376779\" style=\"width:160px;height:600px;margin:0;padding:0\">\n\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"4456be6c9c\" name=\"4456be6c9c\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537376779&amp;cb=149916385110441\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"160\" height=\"600\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/1504346427_577_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sports News of Saturday, 2 September 2017 Source: ghanacrusader.com 2017-09-02 Harrison Afful &#13; Former Black Stars player, Augustine Arhinful, believes Harrison Afful should have started for Ghana when they were held to a 1-1 by Congo in the 2018 World Cup qualifier played at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium on Friday. 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