| Ghana - Togo 2 : 0
Before the match:
Everything is open in this group
as both matches played have ended in a draw. Despite a nervous start in
the match against Cameroon, Ghana accomplished to draw and is still in
a good position to reach the quarter-finals.
> see match-report Ghana
- Cameroon
Togo surprised in their
first match against a disappointing Ivorian side, but only this match will
show how strong the side really is.
> see match-report Côte
d'Ivoire - Togo
In 1998, two years ago at
the Nations Cup at Burkina Faso, the same match had already taken place.
It was also the second group match then: Ghana dominated but Togo won.
> see the 1998
match-report
C.A.F.
match stats:
GHANA: 1-Richard Kingston,
2-Eben Dugbarty, 4-Samuel Kuffour, 15-Samuel Johnson, 8-Mark Edusei; 20-Otto
Addo, 21-Alex Nyarko, 14-Christian Gyan, 10-Charles Akonnor; 9-Kwame Ayew,
7- Yaw Preko
TOGO: 16-Kossi Agassa; 4-Massamesso Tchangai, 7-Tadjou Salou, 5-Yaovi Abalou,
3-Yao Senaya; 13-Komlan Assignon, 14- Franck Atsou, 8-Lantame Ouadja, 10-Maman
Sherif Toure; 17- Abdelkader Coubadja, 9-Koffi Fiawoo
Scorers: Kwame Ayew 28,
Otto Addo 37
Referee: Al Arjoune (MOR)
Ass. Referees: Ali Yomusangue (UGA) & Palomo Claro (PHI)
Reserve referee: Tessema Hailemalak (ETH)
Cautions:
Ghana: Eben Dugbarty (21 & 65=expulsion), Alex Nyarko 41
Togo: Senaya Yao 21, Assignon 29, Abala Yaovi
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1st half:
-The match has started
-('2) Ghana: Otto Addo is
already fouled at his first dribbling
-('4) Togo: Cherif Maman
Touré has the first ball contact in the Ghana half, Togo begin carefully
and slow, like in their first match
-('17) Ghana: First goal
scene when #7 Yaw Preko fires a sharp ball from the right into the middle
but a defender puts his head in. After the consequenting corner a distance
shot is no problem for the Togolese goalkeeper.
-('23) Ghana: A generous
free kick in favour of Preko at the right corner of the penalty area but
Akonnors lob is no problem for the keeper
Ghana tries to play some
fast 1-touch passing sequences but they are a bit inaccurate
The match is nice to
watch until here, quite error-free, but no clear goal scenes either
-('28) Suddenly: Ghana's
Kwame Ayew 18 meters in front of the goal, receives the ball with the back
to it, feels the defender is not well positioned behind him, turns fast
and fires. He surprises the Togolese keeper with the sharp shot. He touches
it but it hops into the corner of the net - 1:0
-('33) Togo: #9 Koffi Fiawoo
from half left hits the outside of the net
-('36) Ghana: A good attack
ends with a rather harmless shot by Otto Addo
-(''38) Ghana: An error
in the Togolese defence sets Otto Addo free with the ball 24 meters to
the goal. He moves out the goalkeeper and scores into the empty goal. -
2:0
Otto Addo, who grew up
in Germany, rather unknown at Ghana before the tournament, is now one of
the fans favorite.
-('41) Ghana: Gyan casually
squanders the ball, the Togolese player is fouled and Akunnor receives
a yellow card for protesting.
-('45) A half chance for
Togo when the Ghana keeper not quite successfully sails for the ball after
a corner, but the header is too weak.
Halftime - 2:0
A sudden explosion of Kwame
Ayew has made the difference in a match of carefully beginning sides. Now
Ghana looks confident although Togo has not given up. But now lured out
of their shell their defence and build up looks more vulnurable.
verify the Ghana
tournament preview - is this team different? - will today be the first
match at Nations Cup final tournaments since 1982 in which Ghana scores
more than 2 goals?
2nd half:
-('47) Ghana: #2 Dugbarty
makes clear with a 20 m shot, that Ghana does not want to repeat the Ivorian
mistake of letting down after their lead.
-('49) Ghana: Addo dribbles,
- Ayew passes to Akunnor - and then it's again Dugbarty who kicks across
the bar this time - he seems to surprise Togo on the left side now
-('51) Ghana: Addo takes
the ball away from Cherif Maman Touré, a through ball to Ayew, who
is stopped in the last second
Ghana dominates completely
at this point
-('54) Ghana: Akunnors low
free kick is saved by the goalkeeper without much problems
-('54) Ghana: This time
Akunnor does it better out of the game: A 25 meter granade is hitting the
goalpost, keeper might have touched the ball with his fingertips
-('56) Togo plays out the
underpopulated Ghana defence but is dennied a score eventually thanks to
some inaccuracy and the keeper who comes out in time
-('58) Ghana: Johnsons 30
meter free kick is no problem for the keeper but shows distance attempts
could become dangerous on this ground
-('61) Ghana: continues
to pressure the Togolese goal with medium and long rage missiles
-('63) Ghana counter attack:
Addo sets up Ayew but his shot way across the bar
-('65) Ghana: Akunnor sends
Ayew, he's stopped but the loose ball finds Preko who fires a wild shot
across the bar instead of playing it cool
-(66)
first sending off in the 9th match of tournament: a second caution against
Ghana #2 Dugmarty means he has to go
-('68) Ghana: An ugly looking
scene when Nyarko is hit by the head of an opponent and carried off - he
returns quickly
-('75) Ghana: The attentive
keeper Richard Kingston is out in time. The next minute he can put on a
good-looking save but the attacker had been offside anyway
Togolese have started
playing a bit rough and Ghana, outnumbered is not dangerous anymore. Goal
difference might play a vital role in their last group match.
-('79) Ghana This time it
is Gyan who is treated for injury, this means again 9 vs 11 for some seconds,
substitute #3 E.Kuffour (who replaced Preko short before) relieves the
defence with a fine solo run that brings a corner
In the last minutes Ghana
defence looks a bit unprepared for a higher number of Togolese players
trying to attack now, but no major chances are created until:
-('injury time) Togo: a
tricky ball from the right goes over the head of the Ghanaian keeper, bounces
parallel to the goalline and does no harm
-('injury time) Togo: another
dangerous scene after a high ball into the penalty area
Final result - 2:0
Ghana completely dominated
the match. But after the sending off they could not continue their rout
of the Togolese defence. In the final minutes they lost some concentration.
Togo disappointed nevertheless, Ghana improved. It had been already clear
before the game, that because of the mathematics
no decision in this group is made before the third match.
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