Mali coach Carteron fires Ghana warning ahead of Thursday's AFCON clash

Posted On Monday, 21st January 2013

Mali coach Patrice Carteron says the Black Stars must be aware of their threat

Mali coach Patrice Carteron says they are ready to take on Ghana four days before they play the Black Stars at the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations in South Africa.

The Eagles will play the four-time champions in Port Elizabeth in Thursday insisting their win over Niger in their opening Group B match has boosted their morale.

The Eagles earned the first victory of this year’s finals as all the teams in Group A drew their matches on Saturday, while in Group B Ghana threw away a 2-0 lead to draw 2-2 with the Democratic Republic of Congo.
It was none other than Mali captain and veteran midfielder Seydou Keita who scored the only goal in the 84th minute, and Mali, along with the Black Stars, are favoured to top this group.

The French coach has warned the Black Stars that their win over Niger has given then the confidence to face the Ghanaian head-on.

“It was a difficult game against a very defensive team like Niger,” Carteron told BBC.

“But I’m happy for the players because they have worked hard and this win will boost confidence for the next match against Ghana.”

Meanwhile, Niger coach Gernot Rohr was pleased with his side’s performance, despite the result, saying: “We tried our best against a top team like Mali.

“My players have great fighting spirit and big hearts, so you can be happy even when they lose.”

Port Elizabeth soccer fans will be in for a treat this Thursday as Ghana takes on Mali at 5pm before the DR Congo faces Niger at 8pm.

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jb says:

January 21, 2013 at 11:37 pm

must win for ghana…we have the players to win

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phillbanger says:

January 21, 2013 at 11:50 pm

What gh needs to do is to beat them atleast 4 nail so they can shut everybodies mouths.all these small potatoe heads keep thinkin they can rob shoulders with gh.who born u.i watched their match and i really think they are trash.they beat niger so now they think they can beat us wow.we will see

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GH FUO, THINK BIG!!! says:

January 21, 2013 at 11:51 pm

TWEAA, WE WILL BEAT MALI
I THINK THE CAPTAIN BAND SHOULD GO TO BADU. I DONT LIKE THE SMALL LETTERS ON THE BACK F OUR JERSEYS. GYAN, IM SORRY BUT U ARE NOT DESERVING OF THE BAND. YOUR INTELLECT IS NOT MATURE TO DESERVE SUCH AN HONOR. YOU ARE AN IMPOTENT STRIKER.

COACHING TACTICS!
GYAN DOES NOT DESERVE TO BE CAPTAIN. GIVE THE CAPTAINSHIP TO BADU!

if the players were doing wat i have been telling them to do like lifting metal. they would be faster, stronger and would have less
CATASTROPHIC INJURIES. SO FAR LOOK AT THE STRENGTH OF THE PLAYERS WHO ARE CURRENTLY INJURED IN CAMP..VORSAH, YIADOM, ANNAN..
THEY ALL DONT LIFT WEIGHTS!
THE SCIENCE IS THERE TO SUPPORT WAT IM SUGGESTING, BUT WILL AFUOM COACH AA ADVISE THESE GUYS TO DO LIFT METAL SO THEY WONT BE
SUCEPTIBLE TO CATASTROPHIC INJURIES? NO….IF YOU ARE A PHYSICALLY FIT PLAYER. THE CHANCES OF YOU GETTING INJURED IS LESS.
YOU ALSO RECUPERATE FASTER FROM YOUR INJURIES AS WELL…MAKAA AKAAA AKAAAA..PPL EVEN INSULT ME ON GHWEB N GHSOCCERNET BCOS THEY
DONT UNDERSTAND MY POINT OF VIEW.
HW3, WHEN U LOOK AT BARCELONA. EACH PLAYER ON THE TEAM PLAYS BREAK AND PASS SOCCER. ONLY XABI AND MESSI DRIBBLE OR HOLD UNTO THE BALL.
EACH PLAYER PLAYS SIMPLE. BREAK AND PASS..2 TOUCHES, 3 AT MOST. THEY MOVE THE BALL BY PLAYING 2 TOUCH. NO PLAYER STANDS IDLE.
ALL THE PLAYERS R CONSTANTLY MOVIN AS THE PLAYERS MOVE THE BALL IN A TRIANGULAR FASHION WITH THEIR BREAK AND PASS STYLE. ITS ALL MECHANICS.
BARCELONA WILL NEVER OVERLAP A BALL FROM 7 TO 11..NEVER…
THEY DO 3 THINGS AT THE SAME TIME: PLAYERS R CONSTANTLY MOVING, PLAYING 2 TOUCHES, MOVING THE BALL IN A TRIANGULAR FASHION.
THIS MAKES THEIR OPPONENTS VERY FRUSTRATED, TIRED AND CHASING AFTER THE BALL. BEFORE THEIR OPPONENTS ARE AWARE,
MESSI HAS THE BALL AND IS ALREADY IN THE 18 YARD BOX. IF YOU ARE A DEFENDER AND ARE NOT SMART..BOOM! PENALTY OR MESSI WILL SCORE..SIMPLE!
I DONT HAVE ANY COACHING BADGES OR CERTIFICATES, BUT I WATCH BARCELONA AND THIS IS SIMPLY WHAT THEY DO. COMMON SENSE BALLIN!
MAN U, CHELSEA, REAL MADRID ARE ALL TRYING TO COPY BARCELONA’S STYLE OF PLAY, BUT THEY CANT PERFECT IT.
ITS FUNNY BECAUSE SPAIN PLAYS THE SAME STYLE, AND GUESS WHO BARCELONA AND SPAIN COPIED THIS STYLE FROM? GHANA!
THEY COPIED THIS STYLE FROM GHANA IN WCUP 2006. THE ONLY THING DIFFERENT FROM BARCELONA, SPAIN AND GH SQUAD 2006
IS STRIKING AND GOALS SCORING OPTIONS….WE NEED TO PLAY THE 532 FORMATION IN TOURNAMENTS.
YOU SEE, STRIKERS/attackers win you a match, BUT DEFENDERS win you tournamentS. AA CAN PLAY THE 4321, 442 ETC TO WIN SINGLE GAMES,
BUT IN A TOURNAMENT LIKE THIS. YOU ONLY HAVE A CHANCE IF YOUR DEFENDERS ARE ON POINT.
ATTENTION TO DETAIL AND PLAYING WITH A PROFESSIONAL MINDSET IS WAT WILL SET US APART FROM THESE OTHER NATIONS.
EVIDENTLY, WE CAN SEE THAT EVERYONE CAN PLAY THE GAME. HOWEVER, IF GBSTARS CAN
1. SHOW ATTENTION TO DETAIL IN PLAYING THE GAME AS EVIDENCE BY THEIR TACTICS AND STRATEGIES
2. PLAY THE GAME WITH A PROFESSIONAL MINDSET..THAT IS FOLLOWING MY COACHING TACTICS, LIFTIG WEIGHTS
3. GBSTAR WILL CONTINUE TO DOMINATE OVER ALL COMPETITIORS!

SQUADS
STARTING 11…
FATAU/ KWARASAY/ADJEI
2..AFFUL/AKAMINKO/PAINSTIL
3. WAKASSO /KISSI BOATENG
4/5..JONATHAN MENSHA/AWAL/ BOYE/VORSAH/AKAMINKO
6..ANNAN/RABIU/DEREK BOATENG
7..ATSU/ADOMAH/ASANTE
8..BADU/KASA/YIADOM/DEREK BOATENG
9/10..GYAN/CLOTTEY/YIADOM
11..KASA/WAKASSO

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- Ghanaman says:
  
  January 22, 2013 at 12:12 am
  
  Just shut up!!
  
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- tzooh says:
  
  January 22, 2013 at 12:15 am
  
  Ghana should play
  ——————–Dauda—————————–Boye——–Akaminko———–Vorsah——Wakaso——————-Badu——-Annan———————-Atsu—————–Gyan——————Asamoah———————-Boakye Yiadom——————–
  
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  - GH FUO, THINK BIG!!! says:
    
    January 22, 2013 at 12:23 am
    
    TZOOH
    DONT START BOYE. AS THE GAME PROGRESSES HE MAKES MISTAKES. AKAMINKO MUST COME OFF THE BENCH AND CAN ALSO PLAY THE 2. JONATHAN MENSAH IS THE NEW DEFENCE KING/MARSHALL AND MUST START AT ALL TIMES. AWAL MUST ALSO START. I DONT AGREE WITH YOUR SELCTION AT ALL…
    
    SQUADS
    STARTING 11…
    FATAU/ KWARASAY/ADJEI
    2..AFFUL/AKAMINKO/PAINSTIL
    3. WAKASSO /KISSI BOATENG
    4/5..JONATHAN MENSHA/AWAL/ BOYE/VORSAH/AKAMINKO
    6..ANNAN/RABIU/DEREK BOATENG
    7..ATSU/ADOMAH/ASANTE
    8..BADU/KASA/YIADOM/DEREK BOATENG
    9/10..GYAN/CLOTTEY/YIADOM
    11..KASA/WAKASSO
    
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    - GH FUO, THINK BIG!!! says:
      
      January 22, 2013 at 12:33 am
      
      DAUDA, AFFUL, WAKASSO, JONATHAN MENSAH, AWAL, ANNAN/RABIU, ATSU, BADU, (9/10YIADOM, CLOTTEY, GYAN), KASA
      
      I THINK GYAN MUST COME OFF THE BENCH. HE CAN USE HIS EXPERIENCE TO CAPITALISE ON THE TIREDNESS OF THE DEFENCE.
      
      BADU, GYAN, JONATHAN MENSAH MUST ASSUME THE CAPTAIN BAND
      
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- kiki says:
  
  January 22, 2013 at 1:07 am
  
  bro i want to read your comments but its just really hard to read it because its all in upper case.
  
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  - GH FUO, THINK BIG!!! says:
    
    January 22, 2013 at 7:43 am
    
    IS DAT WHY NYANTAKYI CHOSE LOWER CASE LETTERD NAMES ON THE BACK OF OUR JERSEYS? READ DE TING N STOP GIVING FLIMSY EXCUSES, KWASIA! IF I OFFERED U 50BUCKS WILL U BE ABLE TO READ MY CAPS?
    
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bright says:

January 22, 2013 at 12:07 am

mali will win this one

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- tzooh says:
  
  January 22, 2013 at 12:17 am
  
  Yeah and I am sure Zambia will beat Nigeria. Fucking idiot.
  
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olajuwon says:

January 22, 2013 at 12:51 am

I also put my money on mali.2-1 in their favpir!

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kuukuphilly says:

January 22, 2013 at 12:54 am

this one will not be close.the boys knows this is a must win so they will get the job done.lone live ghana black stars.

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kwame says:

January 22, 2013 at 12:54 am

What happens if we get another draw?

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Zambia is out toilet hole says:

January 22, 2013 at 1:19 am

Ghana win 2:0 against mali.Any bet?

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selfmade says:

January 22, 2013 at 1:35 am

Hmm,we wait to see what ll happened…. now the problem is not about attack but defence!!! Viva the revolutioncookbook!!

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danny alvez says:

January 22, 2013 at 2:20 am

i wont even waste my time to comment because we are coming home.thanx to the corrupt ghanaian sports journalist and the fa.

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mamadou says:

January 22, 2013 at 2:22 am

Mali win 2-? again.

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mamadou says:

January 22, 2013 at 2:24 am

2-0 again…u history it adds to itself.

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- Gimli says:
  
  January 22, 2013 at 12:31 pm
  
  Matches for the 3rd place in big tournaments, often favor the team that’s considered the weakest and thus the most highly motivated. That was the case last year, when the disenchanted by its loss to Zambia in semis, BS team, was left drained of any ambition for this match. Mali, wasn’t considered as a favorite to the title, not even as a pretender. They had a goal of lower calibre, whilst Ghana wouldn’t mind that much to settle for a 4th place. It wouldn’t make much difference to a team, featuring amongst the favorites and thus left in no man’s land after failing to capitalise. Mali won and good for them, they were the better team in the night. But most importantly, the most highly motivated. However, in do or die matches, Ghana has proven to be the better team, twice in recent years, if i’m not mistaken. It was during 2008 and 2012 AFCON, when both temas needed to win, in order to progress to the next stage. In both cases, Ghana won, it’s just that last year Mali also went through and managed to get an estimable 3rd place at the end of the day. I don’t say that Mali can’t beat Ghana nor that they don’t dispose of a good squad. I’m just saying that when it comes to stressful situations, history(that you evoke) shows otherwise.
  
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African Consciousness says:

January 22, 2013 at 2:27 am

I am really disappointed that Coach Appiah, a former Black Stars defender let slip a 2 goal lead. After taking a 2 goal lead why not switch to a defensive formation with defensive minded players? Say a 5-4-1 with full backs and defensive midfielders and one lone striker and let the opposition do the fighting. The DR Congo game should be a lesson for the Black Stars. Do not sub during the first half and sub out players that are carrying yellow cards. Every player selected to the final 23 is good enough and should be given the opportunity to come in as a starter at their positions sometime during the tournament. The Coach started the oldest player on the team, John Paintsil and should have the courage to start any of the other players on the squad. The lower ranked players should be given the opportunity to play against Niger the lowest ranked team out of Group C. These guys sacrifice time from their Club duties and some lose their place with their Clubs and should be rewarded with some playing time.

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Papa Nkrumah says:

January 22, 2013 at 6:39 am

Our present position reminds me so much of our 2010 tournament which we started poory. Our next game became a do-or-die affair, like the position we currently find ourselves. I think Ghana will go very far!

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Boba Fett says:

January 22, 2013 at 7:08 am

5pm and 8pm are all south Africa time. Ghana time will be 3pm and 6pm. Please state the ghana in order not to confuse Ghanaians.

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sade says:

January 22, 2013 at 11:38 am

Finally i get it why Ghanians,Nigerians and Zambians simply cant get out of each other way.u know i trully think ghana hve got enough quality to defaet mali but i dont think it wil be about by how many goals u win.the most important thing is to win the game,coz after wat i saw yesterde in Ethiopia n Burkina faso this tournament is tough.so stop even dreaming bout the saw called four nils 3 nils or watever huge score lines they is no need for additional pressure

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