Ghana handed massive fitness boost for Sudan as Gyan injury not serious

Posted On Friday, 22nd March 2013

Asamoah Gyan

Ghana were handed a massive fitness boost late on Friday night when it was revealed that key attacker Asamoah Gyan suffered no damage in his thigh, clearing him to play in Sunday’s World Cup qualifier against Sudan.

It was feared that the Black Stars captain would miss the match in Kumasi after he suffered a thigh problem during a test game on Thursday.

The fear heightened on Friday morning when the in-form Al Ain attacker pulled out of their training session after complaining of pains in his right thigh.

But the Ghana camp have been boosted after the scan showed that the UAE-based attacker suffered no ligaments damage.

Despite receiving positive news, Ghana’s team doctors say will continue to monitor his progress ahead of the game at the Baba Yara Stadium.

Gyan suffered the injury during the team’s 5-0 friendly win over second-tier Asokwa Deportivo at the Baba Yara stadium.

The 27-year-old was hoping to shake off the problem but could not bear the pains in the thigh and therefore pulled out of the penultimate training session.

The absence of the former Sunderland hitman would have been a huge source of worry to coach Kwesi Appiah and his backroom staff.

Ghanaian fans were waiting anxiously for the outcome of the scan as he is hugely regarded as the country’s best striking option in the last ten years.

They are now relieved that their liveliest striker is available for Sunday’s key match for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.

Coach Kwesi Appiah could rely on Abdul Majeed Waris and David Accam in the worse scenario Gyan fails to recover in time for the must-win game.

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READERS COMMENTS

Africanus says:

March 23, 2013 at 12:44 am

Black Stars is better off without Gyan… He is a massive distraction in the final third of the field.

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SNOW DEMON says:

March 23, 2013 at 1:14 am

SHIT. SHHHIIIIIIIIITTTTTTT.

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- SISI says:
  
  March 23, 2013 at 11:42 am
  
  How i wish he would not recover in tym for the game ….
  
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samora says:

March 23, 2013 at 6:04 am

Dis doctors again gyan please Ghana and the Arabs need you at least you enlights the stadia .Ask dede essien n co

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Samedge says:

March 23, 2013 at 6:37 am

Atamfo mo ani awu. I don’t see why same hate Gyan like that. If you don’t know, i am telling u that Gyan is still our #1 striker.

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Papadinho says:

March 23, 2013 at 6:43 am

Shit shit shit shit shit. God why!!!!?????????? Aahhh Ghana is finished with Gyan on field!! I hope he ends up on the bench cause I really want Warris to lead Ghana. Gyan with a open goal is like a dead dick with the best pussy, can’t to shit. Please put this dude on the bench and damn how can he ouw captain?? Wtf!!!!!

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Papadinho says:

March 23, 2013 at 6:43 am

Shit shit shit shit shit. God why!!!!?????????? Aahhh Ghana is finished with Gyan on field!! I hope he ends up on the bench cause I really want Warris to lead Ghana. Gyan with a open goal is like a dead dick with the best pussy, can’t to shit. Please put this dude on the bench and damn how can he be our captain?? Wtf!!!!!

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vim! says:

March 23, 2013 at 7:12 am

lies all lies. they just want him to play cause arab money

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otisfad says:

March 23, 2013 at 8:05 am

Gyan cant take us to the promise land he needs to be bench and stip off the captancy band…… Not supporting Ghana is gyan leads the stars

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KING the fact provider says:

March 23, 2013 at 8:07 am

Sarcasm

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Nimo says:

March 23, 2013 at 8:19 am

Papadhino, hand me your weak dick and i’ll chop it into pieces and feed it to pigs. Gyan is our number 1 striker and should be in the starting 11, that doesn’t mean we can’t play other strikers alongside him. Gyan could even play in the offensive midfield role cos he’s skillful and he’s good in terms of assists

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- Alaha says:
  
  March 23, 2013 at 8:26 am
  
  Fool….
  
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kimco says:

March 23, 2013 at 8:29 am

looooool. those with hypertension…watch sunday’s match at ur own peril

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zambia beat ghana2ce says:

March 23, 2013 at 12:40 pm

here comes zambia ,we are beating u ghanain to world cup atleast it will be for the first time ,and we will continue where the black star failed ,we are the one to bring the cup to africa for the first time ever ,support us zambian ,plz .

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gii says:

March 23, 2013 at 1:38 pm

well gyan is not soooo bad.. but we should face the fact…there are still youngers who are hungry than he is…and more skillful and dont need to miss 5 chances before putting one in.we are all speaking for the well being of gh football.so to be frankly the guy doesnt chase balls he doesnt follow up..i doubt if k appiah is making all these decisions alone.germany played wolrd c quali yesterday without an experiance goal getter and it worked successfully….ghana cannot depend solely on gyan…he is bound to bring us down.. i have nothig against this guy but he should start offently from the bench,,he should be coming in in the last 20 minutes or something…
we have ACCAM:YIADOM;JORDAN;WARIS….these are talents who have prooving they are good..at least they should be tested.
gyan is just not dangerous enough at the moment for our opponents …we should know he time is just passing by little by little…..

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anokwale says:

March 23, 2013 at 1:38 pm

I think he will still be on the bench and we will see him at the 65th minute.

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dede says:

March 23, 2013 at 1:53 pm

Please God confuse A.A to bench this Arab striker.Gyan is no more a striker.

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daze3535 says:

March 23, 2013 at 4:28 pm

GHA 0-0 SUD. this black stars team is sick. It needs treatment. Dnt raise ur hopes high bcos as usual, they gonna disapoint.

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donking says:

March 23, 2013 at 5:42 pm

personally i think gyan is gradually becoming rusty on the pitch and so dont think he should b on the starting line up., may be he can be introduced about 20 minutes to full time, since by then the defenders would have been tired by then just to take them on. this is a must win for us

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mukmin says:

March 23, 2013 at 5:57 pm

We have been robbed of the services of Sellas Tetteh the man has the best tactical brain in Ghana currently. He comes through in the clutch situations. What a shame blacks stars need him now more than ever and he’s still coaching u-20 and still delivering results while a dummy is in charge of the senior team. Absolutely ludicrous.

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- Ghanaman says:
  
  March 23, 2013 at 7:15 pm
  
  Just shut up moron!!!
  
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- Kofi says:
  
  March 23, 2013 at 7:26 pm
  
  I totally agree with you. Sellas Tetteh is a real coach and better at strategy than this dumb coach. I watched the match against Algeria yesterday critically. After taking a 2 goal lead, he shored up the defense and started playing on the break. That’s what a sensible coach does not Akwasi Appiah who can throw away a 2 goal lead just like against DR Congo
  
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Montolivo says:

March 24, 2013 at 5:45 am

Asamoah gyan,gh #1 stryka,top scora of alltym,el capitano,m>nk>.i thank God u r back.de goals r in ur boots.

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