{"id":426735,"date":"2017-10-09T02:30:28","date_gmt":"2017-10-09T02:30:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/10\/09\/international-friendly-black-stars-arrive-in-saudi-arabia\/"},"modified":"2017-10-09T02:30:28","modified_gmt":"2017-10-09T02:30:28","slug":"international-friendly-black-stars-arrive-in-saudi-arabia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/10\/09\/international-friendly-black-stars-arrive-in-saudi-arabia\/","title":{"rendered":"International Friendly: Black Stars arrive in Saudi Arabia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/77819387.295.jpg\" alt=\"BLACK STARS ARRIVAL 1\" title=\"BLACK STARS ARRIVAL 1\" width=\"295\" height=\"166\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Blacks Stars arrive in Saudi Arabia for Tuesday\u2019s friendly international match<\/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\/10\/1507516228_185_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Ghana have arrived in Saudi Arabia for Tuesday\u2019s friendly international in Jeddah.<\/p>\n<p>The Black Stars flew in from Kampala where they engaged Uganda in a penultimate 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifier which they controversially drew 0-0.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nThe four-time African champions scored a legitimate goal in final minute of injury time but scorer Raphael Dwamena was surprisingly flagged offside.<\/p>\n<p>The Ghana Football Association has since reported the conduct of the referee Daniel Bennett and his assistants to FIFA seeking a replay of the match.<\/p>\n<p>Saudi Arabia, already qualified for the 2018 World Cup, were busy on Saturday night when they thumped Jamaica 5-2 in a friendly.<\/p>\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>Blacks Stars arrive in Saudi Arabia for Tuesday\u2019s friendly international match &#13; Ghana have arrived in Saudi Arabia for Tuesday\u2019s friendly international in Jeddah. 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