{"id":167619,"date":"2015-11-17T19:37:11","date_gmt":"2015-11-17T19:37:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=167619"},"modified":"2015-11-17T19:37:11","modified_gmt":"2015-11-17T19:37:11","slug":"5-talking-points-from-ghanas-win-over-comoros","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/11\/5-talking-points-from-ghanas-win-over-comoros\/","title":{"rendered":"5 talking points from Ghana\u2019s win over Comoros"},"content":{"rendered":"
Ghana\u2019s Black Stars booked their place in the 3rd round of the 2018 World Cup Qualifiers courtesy a 2 \u2013 0 win over Le Coelecantes of Comoros thanks to goals from Wakaso Mubarak and Jordan Ayew either side of the half was enough to see them through.<\/p>\n
Citi Sports<\/strong>\u2019 Rahman Osman picks out 5 points worthy of note from the encounter.<\/p>\n 1. Comoros came to frustrate Ghana<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n The visitors arrived in Ghana with the intention of replicating the \u2018sit back and contain\u2019 plan they showed at home in the first leg and to be fair, it worked to an extent. They afforded the Black Stars no space to get behind their defence and it was no coincidence that Ghana had to open the scoring with a free kick. One can say they lacked creativity but to be fair, their opponents were rather well organized.<\/p>\n 2.Under Avram Grant Ghana have returned to a slow passing game<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n The Stars sprayed the ball around beautifully and but were too midfield-oriented. The moves started through the middle of the field and the ball stayed there for a very long time. That in itself was not bad but today, it allowed the visitors to stay still and keep their shape.<\/p>\n The wide areas were barely utilized but Schlupp chose to stay wide on the left when he was introduced and that gave the Black Stars some urgency and an outlet for creating chances.<\/p>\n 3.Asamoah Gyan has lost some sharpness<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n The captain\u2019s movement was poor and his finishing was not at the highest level. Classic Gyan would have increased his goal haul and reached the magical 50-goal mark but it was not his day.<\/p>\n Quite surprising on the side of the captain against a Comoros defence that had no locks on its doors.<\/p>\n \u00a04.The defence looks more confident now<\/strong><\/p>\n