How Ghana players rated against Mali
Posted On Thursday, 24th January 2013
Ghana players celebrating Mubarak Wakaso's goal
MTNFootball.com rates the performance of the Black Stars after their first win at the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations after beating Mali 1-0 at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium.
Espanyol winger Wakaso Mubarak claimed victory for the title favourites with a 38th minute superb spot kick.
Fatau Dauda 7
The AshGold shot-stopper put in another impressive showing for the Black Stars.
Dauda’s performance was in general as assured as it his confidence has always been in his recent games for Ghana.
He is gradually claiming the first choice gloves.
John Pantsil 6
Defensively sound – something that was not said about the Hapoel Tel Aviv right-back years ago.
Though he failed to surge forward to join the attack as it is occasionally expected of him, he was impressive on the day.
Harrison Afful 8
The Esperance man underlined his defensive qualities and combined that with some great runs on the left side of attack.
Isaac Vorsah 7
Block after block after block. Vorsah was commanding in defence. He was Ghana’s main man in defence with his crucial aerial clearances.
John Boye 6
Not quite as commanding a presence as Vorsah, but stayed concentrated in the face of constant Mali pressure.
Boye formed a solid partnership in defence with Vorsah.
Mohammed Rabiu 7
Rabiu was brought in to do something Derek Boateng failed to do in the test against DR Congo and the Evian TG man, 22, was a delight in the holding role.
He kept his focus and never lifted his eyes off the ball.
Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu 8
He won the penalty that was converted by Wakaso.
The Udinese man’s pace, power and panache contributed something extra to the Ghana team. He was the complete package.
Kwadwo Asamoah 6
Energetic – undoubtedly a coach’s dream to have in the squad but a wide player at this level surely has to provide more of a threat in the opposition half.He failed to glitter in the middle.
Mubarak Wakaso 9
He scored the solitary goal of the game by converting from the spot in the 38th minute. Undoubtedly Ghana’s best player on the pitch. His resilience and probing crosses were crucial in the game. It is sad that he is going to miss the final group game against Niger.
Albert Adomah 7
Confident and physically strong on the ball. He covered more distance on the pitch than any other player on the pitch.
The Bristol City man was splendid until he was replaced by Solomon Asante six minutes from time.
Asamoah Gyan 5
Though the Black Stars captain was involved in the penalty that claimed the win for Ghana but really failed to exert his influence. He must improve his form.
D Boateng 6
C Atsu 6
S Asante 6
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GH VS DR CONGO!
WE MUST BUILD MORE ON OUR 2 TOUCH AND PASSING ACCURACY. ESPECIALLY IN AND AROUND THE 18 YARD BOX.
our PLAYERS LACK DISCIPLINE
TOO MANY UNECESSARY TACKLES. TOO MANY YELLOW CARDS. IT WILL HAUNT US LATER OOOOO
AA IS TOO HARDHEADED. CONTINUING TO USE AFFUL AT LEFTBACK IS A BAD IDEA.
IF AND WHEN WE MEET A BETTER OPPONENT, GH WILL PAY DEARLY
PAINSTIL SHOULD NOT BE STARTED ON THE RIGHT.
USE AFFUL ON THE RIGHT. WAKASSO OR KISSI ON THE LEFT/3. KASA AT THE 11. KASA HAS BEEN INACTIVE AND
USELESS IN MIDFIELD. USE HIM ON THE WING AT THE 11. LET HIM AND ATSU OVERLAP…
THE TEAM SHOULDNT BE TOO EXCITED. WE COULDNT SCORE FROM OPEN PLAY BUT THRU A PENALTY
GYAN WAS USELESS. EVEN THE WHITE COMMENTATORS SAID THEY WERENT IMPRESSED WITH GYAN THIS FAR.
KASA IN MIDFIELD WAS ALSO USELSS. THE SOLUTION: START CLOTTEY AHEAD OF GYAN. USE KASA ON THE 11,
ATSU ON THE 7 AS A SUB FOR ADOMAH
AA MUST STRIVE FOR PERFECTION!. STRIVE FOR PERFECTION!
IN 2 GAMES, 6 YELLOW CARDS…WAA LOOK. TOTAL INDISCIPLINE!
masa why are you another PR agent????? why this generosity for this below par performance.How convincing was Fatau in the set pieces. The guy fluffed to corners and badly timed out in which he missed the ball completely.And 9 for Wakaso?????Was he as good as Messi or CR7?? Gyan does not deserve more than his jersey number.3.With the exception of Afful and Badu non of the players deserves more than 6
They planned everything against Kwarasey. The media was used as usual.They want to get Dauda a contract with a European Team. Lets hope it works and he become a better keeper for Ghana. Since Edward Ansah we never had a good keeper.
quincy, add me on facebook. this is BLACK TUNA. I DONT THINK I QUITE AGREE WITH U ON DAT. DAUDA IMPRESSED IN THE FRIENDLIES UP UNTIL THIS POINT. IF IT AINT BROKE,DONT FIX IT…
I HOPE U DOING WELL. WE WANT TO SEE U BACK WITHTHE SQUAD ON THE WINGS 7. U ARE OUR BEST PLAYER FOR THAT POSITION…
Gyan was not good, mildly put. Let Boakye play against Niger!
KASA should play at his dear left-back again, if we want him to excell.
PLS, CHAANGE THE SMALL LETTERED NAMES ON THE JERSEYS….
CHANGE THE SMALL LETTERED NAMES ON THE JERSEYS…
ARE YOU RETARD?
GHFUO, are you on glue and it ain’t elmers? Since year 2006, every comment you’ve posted here and on Ghanaweb has been filled upper case letters from start to finish and you are calling for what? Pot calling kettle black, lead by example. Sweep around your own front door b’4 talking about the dirt infront of somebody’s. Your mouth dey stink but you say somebody dey blow fuse? What kind of world at all are you from?
POW, CLUBS AND COLLEGE PLAYERS EVEN HAVE CAPITAL LETTERED NAMES ON THEIR JERSEYS. EVEN DR CONGO, ETHIPIS ALL HAVE CAPITAL LETTERED NAMES ON THEIR JERSEYS. SPAIN, GERMANY, BRASIL ALL HAVE CAPITAL LETTERED NAMES ON THEIR JERSEYS. TELL US WHY PUMA MUST USE SMALL LETTERS FOR GH? I EXPECT U TO RESPOND TO WAT I POSTED. YOU RESPONDED WITH INSULTS INSTEAD. YOUR MODA SHOULD HAVE SWALLOWED YOUR DADDY’S SPERM INSTEAD. U ARE USELESS!
You started yours in 2006, Puma just started so tell us why you do that? For all you know Puma is learning from you. They also want to the odd one’just like you, the only best brainer in the whole wide world. How ’bout that?
Zambians shud watchout for the super eagles tomorrow. They goin to return back the bullet u shoot. They goin to masacar u. Hope u saw the splended perfomance from the black stars.
Masa truth be told, Malians played better. We are becoming very poor in the midfield. I am not excited about the current performance of Black Stars even though we won.
Thank u LolvFunny! Finally someone who I agree with. I wouldn’t say the Malians played better than us but we still need to improve (among other things) our passing game. Apart from two or three nice moves I was not impressed with the current form of the BS at all. Asamoah Gyan was not even present. Why not substitute him with Clottey after 60-70 minutes? Majeed Waris would have been the real deal for a game like this…
Nevertheless, I am happy we won and I hope we will also do so vs. Niger on monday.
Actually, this was one of those matches where Ghana sacrificed offense for defense and it worked. Give credit to the coach. It was ugly but it got the job done. Had they played more free flowing football, more mistakes might have happened and this game would have been high scoring but it would have been a loss.
I totally agree with you. I am so happy to see AA applying ‘tactical discipline’ where he mixes attack with defensiveness. It reminded me of a mixture of when we played Egypt defensively in the 2010 finals and first half of the DR Congo match last week. I wish Boakye Yiadom was not injured, he would have provided a very needed accuracy upfront. Ghana did far better against Mali than against DR Congo. This is a new team with lots of ‘young blood’,…if Ghana can play like this they will improve faster.
Can someone tell that ghana right back to pass the ball to ADomah more often. We need to start using his pace and crosses
@GHANA FUO. Why she they change the letters? Does it matter after all , or looks abnormal ? Then change your choice of letters too cus you are the ODD ONE OUT!!!
lmaooo ur ryt.. GHANA FUO makes too mich noise here
so ur argument/REASONING is this. if i am writing in CAPS, THEN ITS OKAY FOR THE TEAM TO HAVE SMALL LETTERED NAMES ON THEIR JERSEYS? VERY SMART INDEED…I AM THE ODD ONE OUT BCOS IM SPECIAL N PUT FORTH IDEAS THAT MOST OF YOU RETARDS HAVENT THOUGHT OF. IF THAT IS WAT MAKES ME SPECIAL, THEN MY ADVICE TO YOU IS THIS. DO WAT I DO, THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX AND YOU TOO WILL BE THE THE “ODD ONE OUT”.
Kwarasey should return.. that Dauda is a joke… look at the free kick…a 40 yarder free kick beat him.. he dived the opposite direction.. he did not wait for the ball.. he guessed.. he is not qualified to be a national goalkeeper.. send him to the bench…
The super Eagle will be inspire by Ghana Black Stars and they will pip Zambia ….
SURE NIGERIA ALL THE WAY AGAINST THOSE CHICKEN MATERS OF ZAMBIA.SUPER EAGLES 2,ZAMBIA 0 TODAY.I TOLD THEM GHANA AND MALI WILL GO THROUGH THEN NIGERIA AND ETHIOPIA WILL GO THROUGH IN GROUP C.ZAMBIA OUT.WHEN THE CONGO COACH SAID GHANA WAS STILL THE POWER HOUSE OF THE GHANA,DIRTY ZAMBIANS WERE LAUGHING AT THE WRONG SIDES OF THEIR MOUTHS,NOW HERE WE GO……….NOW THEY MUST BE PREPARED TO LAUGH WITH THEIR ANUS.