{"id":80644,"date":"2015-01-08T19:20:57","date_gmt":"2015-01-08T19:20:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=80644"},"modified":"2015-01-08T19:32:15","modified_gmt":"2015-01-08T19:32:15","slug":"black-stars-draw-cambuur-pre-afcon-friendly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=80644","title":{"rendered":"Black Stars draw with Cambuur in pre-AFCON friendly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Black Stars were held to a 1-1 draw by SC Cambuur of Holland in a pre-AFCON 2015 friendly played in Spain on Thursday. The match was the second for the team after they played with Olhanenses on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_36026\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-36026\" style=\"width: 590px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sport.citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/B61bEGpIAAEm7ba.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-36026 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/sport.citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/B61bEGpIAAEm7ba.png\" alt=\"B61bEGpIAAEm7ba\" width=\"590\" height=\"338\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-36026\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cambuur players warming up for Ghana friendly. Photo: Cambuur<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Coach Avram Grant started with a 3-5-2\/ 3-4-3 formation that had Razak Braimah in goal; Jonathan Mensah, Awal Mohammed, Jonathan Mensah in defence; Daniel Amartey, Harrison Afful, Baba Rahman, Emmanuel-Agyemang-Badu in midfield; Andre Ayew, Jordan Ayew and Asamoah Gyan in attack.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_36034\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-36034\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sport.citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/B61phZbIQAAM250.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-36034 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/sport.citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/B61phZbIQAAM250.jpg\" alt=\"B61phZbIQAAM250\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-36034\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Black Stars arrive at stadium for the friendly. Photo: Cambuur<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>However, the team fell behind to a goal from Daniel De Ridder in the 16th minute and that was the score at the end of the first half.<\/p>\n<p>Andre Ayew equalised in the 60th minute with a header and soon after, Coach Avram Grant made some changes as he brought on Kwesi Appiah, Mubarak Wakaso and <span style=\"color: #292f33;\">Frank Acheampong on for Andre Ayew, <\/span><span style=\"color: #292f33;\">Jordan Ayew and Baba Rahman.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sport.citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/B61hpmvIgAEE6i5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-36028 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/sport.citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/B61hpmvIgAEE6i5.jpg\" alt=\"B61hpmvIgAEE6i5\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #292f33;\">John Boye and Daniel Amartey were both replaced by Christian Atsu and David Accam while the final change saw Afriyie Acquah coming on for Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu who picked up a knock in the match.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sport.citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/B61ho4YIYAAFpEC.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-36027 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/sport.citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/B61ho4YIYAAFpEC.jpg\" alt=\"B61ho4YIYAAFpEC\" width=\"599\" height=\"337\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ghana will play their third and final pre-AFCON friendly against Freiburg on the 14th of January in Seville before flying to Equatorial Guinea to face South Africa, Algeria and Senegal in Group C of the tournament.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sport.citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/B61pIzBCYAAD9IW.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-36035 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/sport.citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/B61pIzBCYAAD9IW.jpg\" alt=\"B61pIzBCYAAD9IW\" width=\"599\" height=\"337\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sport.citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/B61hqP6IEAANyI11.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-36029 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/sport.citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/B61hqP6IEAANyI11.jpg\" alt=\"B61hqP6IEAANyI1\" width=\"599\" height=\"337\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_36043\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-36043\" style=\"width: 599px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sport.citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/B61pLD0CUAA2K4Y.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-36043 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/sport.citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/B61pLD0CUAA2K4Y.jpg\" alt=\"B61pLD0CUAA2K4Y\" width=\"599\" height=\"337\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-36043\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Black Stars captain Asamoah Gyan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sport.citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/B61mbbbCQAAfzar.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-36032\" src=\"http:\/\/sport.citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/B61mbbbCQAAfzar.jpg\" alt=\"B61mbbbCQAAfzar\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>By: Nathan Quao\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Black Stars were held to a 1-1 draw by SC Cambuur of Holland in a pre-AFCON 2015 friendly played in Spain on Thursday. The match was the second for the team after they played with Olhanenses on Wednesday. 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