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Black Stars humiliates Mali

  1. Posted on Monday 8 June 2009 - 20:00
    Daniel
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    The Senior National Team of Ghana, the Black Stars dream of qualifying to the World Cup is on course after beating the strongest opponent Eagles of Mali 2-0.

    The game played in the night at Seidu Keita Sports Stadium in Bamako saw fully crowd Malians chanting for their stars but could not deter the myth of the Black Stars with totally new and young players some featuring for the first time.

    The only two goals came in the second half of the game through the boots of young and enterprising striker Kwadwo Asamoah and his counterpart Matthew Amoah.

    The victory kept Ghana top of the Group D table with six points, thus three points clear with four games to play.

    The Blacks Stars could have open the deadlock in the first half when Prince Tagoe`s inswinger to Matthew Amoah with a header passed the cross bar to the relief of goalkeeper Mahamadou Sidibe.

    Udinese attacker Kwadwo Asamaoh who replaces Inter Milan’s Sulley Ali Muntari after his absence was a delight to watch by tormenting the Eagles defense left, right and center. John Paintsil flung a throw-in to Asamoah who turned round his marker and with the ball on his favourite left, let go a shot from 25 yards beating Mahamadou Sidibe for the opener after 67 minutes.

    In the 79 minutes, incredible combination between Michael Essien and Matthew Amoah saw the latter scoring beautifully.

    Referee Divine Evehe punished young Opoku Agyman who had been given the first opportunity to wear the senior national team colours for a yellow card.

    The technical bench led by Milovan Rajvac in the dying minutes pulled out Opoku Agyman for Isaac Vorsah, Prince Tagoe for Haminu Dramani and Moussa Narry coming in for Michael Essien.

    On the othehand, the other Group D match between Benin and Sudan saw Razak Omotoyossi scoring the only goal of the match for Benin at Cotonou.

    Ghana line up:

    Richard Kingson, John Paintsil, Harrison Afful, John Mensah, Eric Addo, Anthony Annan, Michael Essien/ Moussa Narry, Kwadwo Asamoah, Prince Tagoe/Haminu Draman, Opoku Agyeman/Isaac Vorsah, Matthew Amoah

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