{"id":332588,"date":"2017-06-29T06:26:00","date_gmt":"2017-06-29T06:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=332588"},"modified":"2017-06-29T06:26:00","modified_gmt":"2017-06-29T06:26:00","slug":"ghana-loses-1-0-to-mexico-in-friendly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/06\/ghana-loses-1-0-to-mexico-in-friendly\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghana loses 1-0 to Mexico in friendly"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Black Stars were beaten 1-0 by Mexico in an international friendly played in Houston, Texas on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n
The match was the second one for Kwesi Appiah, in terms of the national team A, since he took over in April from former coach Avram Grant.<\/p>\n
The Stars were without Jordan and Andre Ayew and Daniel Amartey so Appiah handed starts to Isaac Sackey in midfield and Lumor Agbenyenu in defence.defence.<\/p>\n
Abdul Majeed Waris and Raphael Dwamena were paired in attack while Ebenezer Ofori and Thomas Agyepong reprised their roles in the team after playing against Ethiopia in the AFCON 2019 qualifier earlier this month.<\/p>\n
Ghana started well and created chances but the tam could not put them away.tam could not put them away.<\/p>\n
The Mexicans made them pay in the 31st minute Elias Hernandez scored a penalty after John Boye fouled his man.<\/p>\n