{"id":351155,"date":"2017-09-06T11:01:28","date_gmt":"2017-09-06T11:01:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=351155"},"modified":"2017-11-10T12:04:55","modified_gmt":"2017-11-10T12:04:55","slug":"gyan-commends-black-stars-for-massive-congo-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/09\/gyan-commends-black-stars-for-massive-congo-win\/","title":{"rendered":"Gyan commends Black Stars for massive Congo win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Black Stars skipper, Asamoah Gyan, was full of admiration for his team mates as they romped to a 5-1 win over Congo Brazzaville on Tuesday in the 2018 World Cup qualifiers.<\/p>\n<p>Gyan could not play due to a groin injury but he travelled with the team to Brazzaville and watched as Thomas Partey and Richmond Boakye-Yiadom scored on the day to give Kwesi Appiah a second win of his second tenure in charge of the team.<\/p>\n<p>Gyan said that the players ticked the right boxes and they were a huge improvement on the display in the 1-1 draw last Friday.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_74291\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sport.citifmonline.com\/2017\/09\/05\/ghana-smash-congo-5-1-in-brazzaville\/congogh\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-74291\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-74291\" src=\"http:\/\/sport.citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/congogh.jpg\" alt=\"congogh\" width=\"650\" height=\"279\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Thomas Agyepong (white jersey) taking on his marker during the match in Brazzaville<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cThis time, we were tactically disciplined and we were very composed. Everyone moved the right way and the display was unlike the first match in Kumasi.<\/p>\n<p>That day, we could not convert our chances and we made mistakes. People saw that we put our chances away in this second match and that was the difference.<\/p>\n<p>Everything worked well for us and we deserved the victory. The performance was one of the best I had seen in a long time and I am very happy with the result.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ghana now has 5 points with two matches left in the qualifying series.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Nathan Quao\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Black Stars skipper, Asamoah Gyan, was full of admiration for his team mates as they romped to a 5-1 win over Congo Brazzaville on Tuesday in the 2018 World Cup qualifiers. 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