Winger
Christian Atsu became the player on the day when the Black Stars thrashed the
Dream team 6-1 at the Accra Sports Stadium on Friday night.
The much
anticipated game which was used as a send of match for the Stars was highly
attended by football fans as thousands of adherent troupe to the Accra Sport
Stadium to watch their stars for the last time before they embark to Brazil.
Coach Kwasi
Appiah made sure every player in the squad got a feel of the game as he used
two separate sets in the first and second half of the game.
The Black
Stars opened the scoring just in 3 minutes through Christian Atsu who won the
heart of many fans at the stadium with his splendid performance and excellent
display of football. The youngster however got his second and third within 5
minutes to put the Stars 3 goals ahead in the less than 15 minutes. Striker
Jordan Ayew and Albert Adomah added the fourth and fifth goal to end the first
half 5-0 in favor the Black Stars.
The Dream
team seemed to have realized their mistakes as they came back very strong in
the second half making sure the Stars did not score extra goals as they came up
with few opportunities. The team which was lead by Ghanaian football tactician
Isaac “Opeele” Adede- Boateng however awarded themselves with a goal in the
second half from the spot kick after Ashitey Ollenu had been brought down in
the penalty box.
The Black
Stars nonetheless ended the game on an emphatic note after Sulley Muntari
converted an excellent free kick to beat goalkeeper Robert Dabou to end the
game 6-1 in favor the stars.
Meanwhile
the team is expected to enplane to the Netherlands today where they will face
the Dutch national team the “Orange” in a Pre-World Cup friendly in Rotterdam
on Saturday May 31st before Kwasi Appiah names his final 23 for the Copa Mundial to Brazil who will eventually take on South Korea in another
World Cup friendly in the USA on June 4th.
Ghana is potholed
in a very tricky Group G which comprises heavyweight Germany, Portugal and the
USA.
By Frank
Darkwah
Follow Frank Darwah on twitter.@Blaqqkoffi
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