[ 2013-08-15 ]

Asamoah Gyan hit a brace to save Ghana

Two-goal hero Gyan leads Ghana fightback in friendly draw against Turkey
Asamoah Gyan hit a brace to save Ghana
Asamoah Gyan cemented his superstar status for
Ghana as he scored both goals to help the Black
Stars rally from two goals down to hold Turkey to
a 2-2 draw in Istanbul on Wednesday night.

The Black Stars found themselves two goals down
within the first 28 minutes of the game with the
deadly striking duo of Burak Yilmaz and Umut Bulut
causing all the havoc.

Yilmaz opened the scoring in the 7th minute as he
capitalized on a defensive mishap to score with a
composed finish.

His Galatasaray strike partner Bulut got in on the
act by heading in from a well orchestrated move in
the 28th minute.

The Ghana defence at this time was saddled with
errors while struggling to create anything going
forward.

The Black Stars were even lucky not to have
conceded more as the game went into recess with
the Turkish well on top.

Coach Akwasi Appiah rang some changes at the
restart – bringing on danger man Asamoah Gyan
and Razak Braimah to replace Christian Atsu and
Adam Kwarasey respectively.

Dominic Adiyiah came close to halving the deficit
but his ferociously struck shot cannoned off the
post – much to the agonizing look of coach
Akwasi Appiah on the sidelines.

The Ghana game improved instantly as the team
looked more purposeful going forward while
beginning to shut the door at the rear but it was
to get better.

Appiah a few minutes later threw in Kwadwo Asamoah
and Daniel Opare for Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu and
Samuel Inkoom respectively right at the time Ghana
was at its threatening best upfront.

Ghana’s sustained pressure yielded results as
Asamoah Gyan picked up a long throw from
goalkeeper Razak Braimah, cut in from the left to
slot in at the near post to bring the Black Stars
back into the game in the 61st minute.

The Al Ain ace wasn’t done as he rose highest to
head in a sweet Daniel Opare cross 14 minutes
later to complete a well-deserved comeback for the
Black Stars.

Striker Mahatma Otoo who had earlier been brought
on for Dominic Adiyiah alongside Yusif Rahman
Chibsah had two chances in quick succession but
failed to find the desired target.

The Ghana team had fully stabilized and was
beginning to dictate the pace with Kwadwo Asamoah
pulling all the strings in midfield.

Both sides however looked to have run out of steam
as the game gradually grinded to the end with a
significant drop in tempo.

Source - Ghanasoccer

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