Atsu handed starting role as Boateng drops to bench against Malawi
Posted On Saturday, 8th September 2012
Derek Boateng drops to the bench against Malawi
Christian Atsu has been handed his first competitive start for the Black Stars in the 2013 Nations Cup qualifier against Malawi on Saturday.
The FC Porto player has started from the bench in all of Ghana’s competitive matches he’s been invited for so far.
Atsu joins Anthony Annan, Kwadwo Asamoah and Andre Ayew in the four-man Ghana midfield with experienced Derek Biateng dropping to the bench.
They will be providing supplies for for strikers; Jordan Ayew and Asamoah Gyan upfront with the defensive quartet being Daniel Opare, Isaac Vorsah, John Boye and Harrison Afful.
Adam Kwarasey will be in goal against the Flames.
Kickoff time is at 15:30 GMT.
Starting Line-up: Adam Kwarasey, Daniel Opare, Harrison Afful, John Boye, Isaac Vorsah, Anthony Annan, Christian Atsu, Jordan Ayew, Asamoah Gyan, Kwadwo Asamoah, Andre Ayew
Substitutes: Samuel Inkoom, Derek Boateng, Jerry Akaminko, Isaac Coffie, Solomon Asante, Emmanuel Clottey, Fatau Dauda.
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Good starting line up….thumps up to AA….BS all de best.
Congratulations to the coach on a good line up. It takes guts to bench Derek Boateng and for that I know the coach means business. I am sorry my man Waris did not make the squad.
woooooww !! good line up !! thumps up Coach !
Where is majeed n yiadom? All the same Good luck stars. Where can i get a feed to watch this game? Please help me out…
Inkoom should b droppd frm BS.
Nice starting eleven. in the second half if we need more fluidity in the midfield then Derek Boateng can come in. He did well as a sub against England. I dont think he does well when he starts.Good luck
Does anyone have a link to where i can watch the match??!! please??
excellent starting line up but Emml.clotey shd start e 2nd half in place of jordan ayew, as j.ayew samtimes elaborate on balls 2 much.
you can watch it at http://www.ghanawilllose.tv
Is that how to respond to a fellow human being who means no harm? Is that what God does to us? Change your ways. Goodluck..
yea G.T.V will telecast the match for viewers
any link to watch the game??
@jb, for once think of what people make of you ok. what you doing is done by women not men, not even boys..grow up!
you do not have to be offended if it is my opinion that ghana will lose…i think ghana soccer is in a state of crisis because of corruption and mismanagement despite the great endowment with natural talent…
What crisis are you talking about. which African country has been so consistent with its performance since 2006? Splendid performance in the two worldcups let alone to talk about AFCON appearnces. You can HATE BS but be objective to urself for once.
Anybody has a link please?
Attack minded coach.
http://www.ghanalive.tv
gtv will telecast the match live and u can watch gtv there.. Enjoy the match
God bless you Pacific. Now i can watch my life match.
Try usagoals.com,may be they can show the game.
@jb, i petty u. Dat is ur useless father n mother’s web site. U can watch thier cock n pussy whiles we defeat Malawi. Come back again n u’ll hear worse things then dis, useless thing.
ghanalivetv is showing me a tv show not the game
I like the 4-4-2 formation. I am not sure if Jordan should be the other forward. I guess the coach wants experience. I would have liked to see Clottey and Gyan together to see what they can do. Or Boakye-Yiadom and Gyan together. I sort of think Derek is important though. I would have started him instead of Annan. Anyway, we will see in a few hours.
nyce lyn up malawi in trouble today osayyyyyyyyyy blakstar!!!!!
….. …………….KWARASEY…………………..
.OPARE…………VORSAH………..BOYE…………AFFUL….
…………………….ANNAN………………………..
………….ATSU……………….ASAMOAH…………..
DEDE…………………………………………JORDAN
…………………….GYAN………………………..
a typical 4 3 3 with two creative midfielders atsu and asamoah. with the ayews on the flanks. superb attacking formantion. thumbs up!!!!! akwesi appiah!!!
My only problem is not starting with Derek. Derek is a midfielder who controls a game better than Annan.
Derek Boateng must replace Annan so that goals can come in quickly.
How many Black Star games has he started? Sometimes its not about starting but he is experience so with him coming from the bench, I think makes him dangerous. We need someone to study the game from bench and comes on as supersub if the going gets tougher
great lineup…great choice to drop boateng looks like he is going to deploy a variation of the 442…maybe the 4-1-3-2
This is the best starting IX Coach Appiah has paraded since he took over.its an attacking minded team with Atsu,Dede & K Asamoah being the creative force in midfield with Jordan & Gyan on top.its 4-4-2 which can be varied
Guys, does anyone have a link to the match? Am gonna keep looking till i get one and i will post it here as well.
Greetings,
Al
Greetings friend and here’s a GTV link http://www.ghanalive.tv/
we live 2 see what the so-Opare will do!
Kwesi Appiah is waking up finally. BEST LINEUP WE HAVE UTILIZED IN A LONG TIME! No Derek Boateng
Lots of attacking and flair in this team. Kwadwo Asamoah operating from slightly deeper in the center of midfield is good as well. We will definitely see good results today.
Once Inkoom is nt in e startin line up, datz kuul
Oh brother! What are all these attack minded players doing on the field? Akwasi Appiah have zero,(and I repeat,zero) tecnical ability.All the same,good luck to the Black Stars!
where is the link?