Sunday, 13th June 2010
Noisy Night in Pretoria
 
Serbia vs Ghana
in Pretoria.
This is the first time that Serbia play Ghana; Europe's dark
horses vs probably Africa's strongest 2010 World Cup contenders - with Serbs managing both
teams.
Ghana started the game strongly and Serbia were physically there to
match them.
A nice start to Group D but the first-half lacked a goal.
Half-time: 0:0
The half-time team talk didn't really inspire Serbia as Ghana
continued where they left off; taking the game to the Europeans.
The much-criticised 2010 World Cup ball came closest to going in the
net on the hour; when Asamoah Gyan rose above Aleksandar Lukovic to head John Paintsil's
long throw-in, against the post.
A second yellow card for Aleksandar Lukovic reduced Serbia to ten men
with 15 minutes to go.
The loss of a central defender forced Radomir Antic to replace
midfielder, Milan Jovanovic with Borussia Dortmund's Neven Subotic.
Rather than just sit back, Serbia tried to snatch a quick goal; Milos
Krasic forcing a corner and Nemanja Vidic heading over the bar.
After Branislav Ivanovic tried another attack on the Ghana goal, the
Serbian defence at the other end lost their heads; or rather, Zdravko Kuzmanovic used his
hand instead of his head to clear the ball - then protested to the referee.
After a tense wait, Asamoah Gyan cracked the penalty into the roof of
the net.
In time added on Gyan almost doubled the score when he hit the post
but Ghana did more than enough to secure the first Africa win in the first African World
Cup Finals; to guarantee a noisy night in Pretoria.
Final Score:
Serbia 0 Ghana 1
 Goalscorers:
0:1 Asamoah Gyan (84 pen)
Man of The Match:
Asamoah Gyan - for leading the Ghana attack so successfully all afternoon.
Teams
 Serbia:
1 Vladimir Stojkovic; 3 Aleksandar Kolarov, 13 Aleksandar Lukovic, 5 Nemanja Vidic, 6
Branislav Ivanovic; 14 Milan Jovanovic, 11 Nenad Milijas, 10 Dejan Stankovic, 17 Milos
Krasic; 9 Marko Pantelic, 15 Nikola Zigic.
 Ghana:
22 Richard Kingson; 2 Hans Sarpei, 15 Isaac Vorsah, 5 John Mensah, 4 John Paintsil; 13
Andre Ayew, 23 Kevin-Prince Boateng, 6 Anthony Annan, 12 Prince Tagoe; 3 Asamoah Gyan, 21
Kwadwo Asamoah.
Referee:
Hector Baldassi (Argentina)
 Substitutions:
62 Mins (Serbia) - 22 Zdravko Kuzmanovic on for 11 Nenad Milijas
69 Mins (Serbia) - 8 Danko Lazovic on for 15 Nikola Zigic
73 Mins (Ghana) - 10 Stephen Appiah on for 21 Kwadwo Asamoah
76 Mins (Serbia) - 20 Neven Subotic on for 14 Milan Jovanovic
91 Mins (Ghana) - 19 Lee Addy on for 23 Kevin-Prince Boateng
93 Mins (Ghana) - 20 Quincy Owusu-Abeyie on for Asamoah Gyan
 6 Yellow
Cards:
19 Mins - Nikola Zigic (Serbia)
26 Mins - Isaac Vorsah (Ghana)
54 Mins - Aleksandar Lukovic (Serbia)
74 Mins - Aleksandar Lukovic (Serbia)
83 Mins - Zdravko Kuzmanovic (Serbia)
89 Mins - Prince Tagoe (Ghana)
 1 Red Cards:
74 Mins - Aleksandar Lukovic (Serbia)
2010 World Cup Finals - Knockout Stage.
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