{"id":414964,"date":"2017-09-05T19:00:28","date_gmt":"2017-09-05T19:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/09\/05\/congo-1-5-ghana-13-things-we-learned\/"},"modified":"2017-09-05T19:00:28","modified_gmt":"2017-09-05T19:00:28","slug":"congo-1-5-ghana-13-things-we-learned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/09\/05\/congo-1-5-ghana-13-things-we-learned\/","title":{"rendered":"Congo 1-5 Ghana: 13 things we learned"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Sports News of Tuesday,  5 September 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Myjoyonline.com <\/p>\n<p>2017-09-05<\/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\/68269547.295.jpg\" alt=\"Thomas Partey 443\" title=\"Thomas Partey 443\" width=\"295\" height=\"166\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Thomas Partey<\/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\/1504638028_151_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">1. The theme of the team&#8217;s performance today, for me, is MERIT OVER NAMES. If we start players on merit, we will get imperious performances like this.<\/p>\n<p>2. Everything Kwesi Appiah didn&#8217;t do last Friday, he did today. His selection on point, starting players with desire and hunger. 9\/10 and well done, coach.<\/p>\n<p>3. Unavailability of Asamoah Gyan and Ayew brothers a huge blessing in disguise. It has allowed Ghana to see what permanent options they can have.<\/p>\n<p>4. Richard Ofori proved solid in the first quarter of the game when Congo piled on the pressure.<\/p>\n<p>5. Thomas Partey was deployed as a 10 and though he is no Abedi Pele, his instincts were sharp indeed. Quite clear that he has potential to take responsibility, but would he?<\/p>\n<p>6. Lumor Agbenyenu clearly an unknown quantity for Congo and they didn&#8217;t know what to do with him. Quietly effective.<\/p>\n<p>7. Harrison Afful captained the team in a way that showed you don&#8217;t need to be loud to lead the Black Stars.<\/p>\n<p>8. Boakye-Yiadom brace vindicates appeals for his inclusion after the good last few months he has had. Scored seven goals in Europa League qualifying and his form showed.<\/p>\n<p>9. Congo was deflated with the first goal. By the time they could recover, Ghana was two up. The urgency present today was impressive.<\/p>\n<p>10. A key component of this Ghana show today was speed. From the wings, Agyepong was electric and more measured. His place in the side is not assured but he is a good option to have in place of Andre Ayew.<\/p>\n<p>11. Special mention to Christian Atsu. He continues to be the one player whose performance in a Ghana jersey almost always seems better than for his club. Congo could not track him for most of the game, just like in Kumasi.<\/p>\n<p>12. On the whole, a markedly improved team show than we saw in Kumasi. 8\/10 from the team.<\/p>\n<p>13. 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The theme of the team&#8217;s performance today, for me, is MERIT OVER NAMES. If we start players on merit, we will get imperious performances like this. 2. Everything Kwesi Appiah didn&#8217;t do last Friday, he did today. His selection on point, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":414965,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-414964","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Congo 1-5 Ghana: 13 things we learned - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/09\/05\/congo-1-5-ghana-13-things-we-learned\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Congo 1-5 Ghana: 13 things we learned - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Sports News of Tuesday, 5 September 2017 Source: Myjoyonline.com 2017-09-05 Thomas Partey &#013; 1. 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