Connect with us

Hi, what are you looking for?

African Cup Of Nations

Wakaso replaces Agyemang Badu for Black Stars vrs Bafana

Wakaso in TamaleBlack Stars coach, Avram Grant has made one change from his line-up for tonight’s crucial 2015 Africa Cup of Nations final group C game against South Africa.

Out goes Udinese star, Emmanuel Agyemang Baduand in comes Celtic workaholic, Mubarak Wakaso who will partner Parma tough tackler, Afriyie Acquah in central midfield as the Black Stars chase qualification to the quarter finals.

Goalkeeper Razak Brimah and the defensive pairing of Harrison Afful, Baba Abdul Rahman, Jonathan Mensah and Daniel Amartey all retain their starting spots.

Andre Ayew and Christian Atsu complement Wakaso and Acquah in midfield whilst captain Asamoah Gyan and Jordan Ayew lead the attack against Bafana Bafana.

The Black Stars must win to confirm Ghana’s spot in the last 8 against a South Africa side still chasing a first win in the tournament that could even not be enough.

Algeria take on group leaders, Senegal in the other group match which will be played concurrently with only teh top two assured of progress to the next round.

Kickofff is at 18:00 hrs GMT.

Ghana line up versus South Africa:

Razak Brimah, Harrison Afful, Baba Abdul Rahman, Jonathan Mensah, Daniel Amartey, Afriyie Acquah, Mubarak Wakaso, Christian Atsu, Andre Ayew, Asamoah Gyan, Jordan Ayew

Click to comment

You must be logged in to post a comment Login

Leave a Reply

You May Also Like

Boxing

The British Boxing Board of Control (BBBofC) issued a memo today stating that they are “not considering applications for any Ghanaian boxers.” This means...

Olympic Games

Huang Guohui – who coached Vietnam’s swimming team at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games here – has died in quarantine after returning from the...

African Cup Of Nations

The Black Stars’ appearance in the 2021 edition will be their 23rd time and they will be keen to end their long awaited drought...

Combat Sports

Malaysia based multi decorated Ghanaian kickboxer, Gerald Dah is in high spirits ahead of his latest fight this Friday after safely landing in Kuala...