Five-star Ghana dismantle Uruguay at Women's U17 World Cup
Posted On Wednesday, 26th September 2012
The Black Maidens thrashed Uruguay 5-0 on Wednesday
By Patrick Akoto
Ghana produced a polished display to thrash Uruguay 5-0 in their second group D match at the FIFA Under-17 Women’s World Cup on Wednesday.
A superb brace from captain Priscilla Okyere and a goal each from Janet Ayiayem, Alberta Ahialey and Fatima Alhassan condemned their South American opponent to the heavy defeat in Azerbaijan.
The Black Maidens responded positively to their opening day defeat to Germany with a sublime performance that got fans at the Dalga Arena in Baku scratching their head.
The Ghanaians took their destiny into their own hands by dictating the pace of the game from the blast of the referees whistle.
Striker Janet Ayiadem opened the scoring for the side in the 8th minute after she headed from a corner kick to ignite confidence and they never looked back.
The West African heavyweights continued to pile pressure on a sloppy South American side which lacked depth and quality to stand the might of the Black Maidens.
Influential captain Priscilla Okyere registered her name on the scoresheet after she nodded home the second for the Ghanaians 16th minutes later before striker Alberta Ahialey capitalized on a goalkeeping howler from Anabal Ubal to put them in the driving seat on the stroke of full time.
Ghana resumed the second half revitatlised and continued their dominance of the game.
Midfielder Fatima Alhassan scored a fabulous screamer from 25-yards against the run of play in the 78th minute before Okyere got her personal second with a sublime finish 11th minutes to regulation time.
The emphatic victory will serve as a real boost to the Maidens ahead of their final must-win group game against China on September 30.
Watch highlights of the five goals scored by Ghana
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well done!
Very good show by all standard. Hope to see the cup in Ghana. Maidens keep the going !
The white should stop critising us when we won,i mean the commentators were being bias against the Ghanaians,where were they when the German beat us?Did they talk about age cheating? Awwl!! pls!!
well….it 5-0 now. Gud job girls. Now rip china apart too
Bravoo girls,keep de spirit and never look.
really, they critisized us on our age. But really, is it true that the girls have gone through 3 iterations. If true the wow.
pay-back time,where is SUAREZ?THEY GAVE THEM A VERY GOOD MATCH.INfact the girls were unstoppable and could have scored more than 15 goals in my view.The number7;sumaila should be called to help the B stars..
Ebe so go and bring de cup
Naija won 11 nill keep going africa
Really!!!, against who? good job girls,make west africa proud. we are the power house of african football who agrees with me?
Against Azerbaijan
Against the host nation: Azerbaijan
Way 2 go girls”
MASTER I HAVE DONE WHAT NAPOLEON COULDNT DO;THE GIRLS SUCCEEDED WHERE THE BOYS FAILED.
All the best gals. Go GH, go Naija
It was a sweet revenge for Ghana. Remember Suarez hand of the devil blocked Ghana’s chance of moving into the semi final stage of African World Cup in South Africa. Ghana U-17 have therefore atoned for the painful lost
Guys, do you have any idea if I can watch the match on-line?