{"id":415030,"date":"2017-09-05T22:30:25","date_gmt":"2017-09-05T22:30:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/09\/05\/thomas-partey-scores-first-career-hat-trick-as-ghana-rout-congo\/"},"modified":"2017-09-05T22:30:25","modified_gmt":"2017-09-05T22:30:25","slug":"thomas-partey-scores-first-career-hat-trick-as-ghana-rout-congo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/09\/05\/thomas-partey-scores-first-career-hat-trick-as-ghana-rout-congo\/","title":{"rendered":"Thomas Partey scores first career hat-trick as Ghana rout Congo"},"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 Tuesday,  5 September 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>GHANAsoccernet.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\/37241549.295.jpg\" alt=\"Partey Stars\" title=\"Partey Stars\" width=\"295\" height=\"219\" \/><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\/1504650624_581_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Atletico Madrid star Thomas Partey scored his first career hat-trick in Ghana&#8217;s 5-1 win over Congo in Brazzaville on Tuesday in a 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifier.<\/p>\n<p>His first was in the 27th minute when he shot powerfully into the box after a deflected ball fortuitously dropped in front of him inside.<\/p>\n<p>Richmond Boakye had opened the scoring four minutes earlier by connecting home from inside the box.<\/p>\n<p>Partey&#8217;s second was from an acute angle when his connection to an incisive pass from Christian Atsu to beat the goalkeeper at the near post.<\/p>\n<p>This was on the stroke of half-time and Ghana went into the break with a 3-1 lead.<\/p>\n<p>In the 69th minute, the midfielder intercepted a pass and raced with it before rifling it into the roof for his personal third.<\/p>\n<p>Partey had scored four days earlier in the 1-1 home draw with the same team at the Baba Yara Stadium in the corresponding Group E fixture.<\/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=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/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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