Team of the Week: Ghanaian players abroad

Published on: 16 May 2011

England:

Carlo Ancelotti's continuous stay as Chelsea manager is in doubt after his side allowed Newcastle United to score a last minute goal to draw 2-2.

Ghana midfielder Michael Essien was introduced in the second half.

Defender John Pantsil once again missed out of the Fulham first team squad when they threw Birmingham City into the danger of being relegated.

Denmark:

Bottom-placed Esbjerg were held to a goalles draw at home by Aalborg.

On loan St Pauli defender Davidson Drobo-Ampem was a 79th minute substitute.

Nordsjaelland moved to eighth place after overcoming Silkeborg 3-2 at home.

Midfielder Enock Adu Kofi replaced Peter Bernier just after 18 minutes and was brilliant.

France:

John Boye was an unused substitute for Stade Rennes which recorded a 2-1 win over St Etienne at their own back-yard.

Olympique Marseille's title hopes have almost gone up in smokes after they failed to win at Lorient.

Ghana prodigy Jordan Ayew spearheaded the Marseille attack while Andre Ayew played from the wings until he was replaced in the 74th minute.

Germany:

Marcel Appiah shored up Arminia Bielefeld's leaky defence as they scrapped a vital point at Aachen in a match which ended one-all.

Godfred Aduobe helped Karlsruher to book a 3-2 win over Union Berlin.

Italy:

Ex Ghana skipper Stephen Appiah was out of the Cesena first team which defeated Brescia 1-0 at home.

Kwadwo Asamoah scored his second Serie A goal of the season in Udinese's 2-0 win at Chievo Verona.

Combative midfielder Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu warmed the bench for Udinese.

Afriyie Acquah made a return from injury but sat on the bench when his Palermo side defeated relegation-trapped Sampdoria 2-1.

Former Under-17 striker Esmond Hansen Sackey scored all three goals for Corregeses in their win over Colorno.

Holland:

Kwame Quansah helped Heracles Almelo to a 3-0 home win over Ado Den Haag.

Eric Addo was at the heart of defence for Roda JC which played a scoreless with Heerenveen.

Matthew Amoah played 70 minutes for NAC Breda which saved their Eredivisie status with a 1-0 at relegated Willem II.

Nana Akwasi Asare was at the thick of affairs for FC Utrecht which hammered AZ Alkmaar 5-1.

Scotland:

Prince Buaben was booked on the 67th minute when his Dundee United edged Hearts of Midlothian 2-1.

Spain:

Wakaso Mubarak missed out of the Villarreal first team squad which lost 1-3 to Real Madrid at home.

AWOL Quincy Owusu-Abeyie was not included in the Malaga first team squad as they drew one-all with Atletico Bilbao.

Derek Boateng starred in central midfield for Getafe in their deserving 2-0 win over Osasuna.

Jeffery Sarpong failed to make the first team and missed out of Real Sociedad's trip to Sevilla which saw them loose 3-1.

Black Stars defender Jonathan Mensah sat on the bench for Granada which are on the verge of promotion into the Spanish top flight despite losing 2-0 to Alcorcon.

Sweden:

Both Yusif Alhassan Chibsah and James Frempong played full throttle for Gefle IK which drew 0-0 with Djurgarden.

Ukraine:

FC Dnipro brightend their chances of playing in Europe next season with a narrow 1-0 win over Arsenal Kiev.

Ghana's Samuel Inkoom lasted the entire duration for Dnipro.

Former U20 defender Daniel Addo featured 90 minutes for Zorya which brushed aside Kryvbas 2-0.

Egypt:

Both Samuel Affum and Godwin Attram played the entire regulation time for FC Smouha which suffered a 3-0 defeat at Zamalek.

Major League Soccer:

Ghana Under-20 midfielder Gershon Koffie could not help Vancouver Whitecaps avoid a 1-0 loss at New England revolution.

Quincy Amarikwa helped Colorado Rapids to share the spoils with DC United at the RFK Memorial Stadium.

Dominic Oduro was a 90th minute sub for Chicago Fire which held Toronto FC to a two-all draw but Kwame Watson-Siriboe sat on the bench for Chicago Fire.

Serbia:

Striker Prince Tagoe was the architect of Partizan Belgrade's solitary goal which earned them a draw at Javor.

Team of the Week: Formation 4-5-1

Stephen Ahorlu, Samuel Inkoom, Daniel Opare, Issah Ahmed, Daniel Addo, Kwame Quansah, Yusif Chibsah, Derek Boateng, Kwadwo Asamoah, Prince Tagoe.

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