{"id":415826,"date":"2017-09-07T17:00:24","date_gmt":"2017-09-07T17:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/09\/07\/gyan-explains-why-he-may-be-responsible-for-ghanas-big-win-in-congo\/"},"modified":"2017-09-07T17:00:24","modified_gmt":"2017-09-07T17:00:24","slug":"gyan-explains-why-he-may-be-responsible-for-ghanas-big-win-in-congo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/09\/07\/gyan-explains-why-he-may-be-responsible-for-ghanas-big-win-in-congo\/","title":{"rendered":"Gyan explains why he may be responsible for Ghana&#8217;s big win in Congo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Soccer News of Thursday,  7 September 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Goal.com <\/p>\n<p>2017-09-07<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/97769231.295.jpg\" alt=\"Asamoah Gyan Mls\" title=\"Asamoah Gyan Mls\" width=\"295\" height=\"205\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Asamoah Gyan<\/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\/1504803624_612_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">The injured skipper believes his absence from the World Cup qualifier was perhaps a blessing in disguise <\/p>\n<p>Ghana captain Asamoah Gyan admits his absence paradoxically helped the Black Stars to a 5-1 away triumph over Congo in 2018 World Cup qualifying on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>After lasting for 63 minutes as the Red Devils bravely forced a 1-1 stalemate in the first leg on Friday, the Kayserispor forward missed the return encounter in Brazzaville due to an injury picked up in Kumasi.<\/p>\n<p>Atletico Madrid midfielder Thomas Teye Partey hit a hat-trick while Red Star Belgrade frontman Richmond Boakye-Yiadom registered a double.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is true we could have struggled to win if I had played,&#8221; Gyan told Hot FM. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is possible that with me, they would have been very defensive but without me, they opened up and that gave us the chance to score five.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn Kumasi, they were very defensive with five men at the back when I was in the game. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When I was substituted, they opened up and we scored. So my absence really helped the team.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven before we started the game in Congo, their skipper asked me whether I will be playing or not.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When I told him I won\u2019t play, he was happy. So that lured them to open up and we had our way.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Ghana, after match day four, sit third on the table, four and two points below Egypt and Uganda respectively.<\/p>\n<p>The Black Stars return to action next month in an away clash with the Cranes before rounding off the qualifying campaign at home to the Pharaohs in November.<\/p>\n<p>Gyan is Ghana&#8217;s all-time top scorer with 51 goals 106 internationals.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: -1 updated by: -1 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\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>Soccer News of Thursday, 7 September 2017 Source: Goal.com 2017-09-07 Asamoah Gyan &#13; 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