{"id":432707,"date":"2017-10-31T19:00:34","date_gmt":"2017-10-31T19:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/10\/31\/jonathan-mensah-axed-from-ghana-squad-for-egypt-clash\/"},"modified":"2017-10-31T19:00:34","modified_gmt":"2017-10-31T19:00:34","slug":"jonathan-mensah-axed-from-ghana-squad-for-egypt-clash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/10\/31\/jonathan-mensah-axed-from-ghana-squad-for-egypt-clash\/","title":{"rendered":"Jonathan Mensah axed from Ghana squad for Egypt clash"},"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\/70733899.jpg\" alt=\"Jonathan Mensah Black Stars\" title=\"Jonathan Mensah Black Stars\" width=\"169\" height=\"225\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Jonathan Mensah, Columbus Crew defender<\/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=150909146990235\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=150909146990235\"><br \/>\n\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/1509476434_780_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Columbus Crew defender Jonathan Mensah has been excluded from the Black Stars squad for the Russia 2018 World Cup qualifier against Egypt next month.<\/p>\n<p>Black Stars coach Kwesi Appiah has named his 23-man squad for the last match next year&#8217;s World Cup qualifying round against the Pharaohs of Egypt in November.<\/p>\n<p>Mensah has been a core member of the team throughout the qualifying campaign but has been excluded from the squad that will square off against Egypt who have booked their ticket for next year&#8217;s global football mundial.<\/p>\n<p>The former Evian guardsman has been a stalwart for Columbus Crew in the Major League Soccer, helping the side qualify for the semi-finals of the Playoffs after defeating Atlanta United 3-1 last week.<\/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>Jonathan Mensah, Columbus Crew defender Columbus Crew defender Jonathan Mensah has been excluded from the Black Stars squad for the Russia 2018 World Cup qualifier against Egypt next month. 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