›

Ghanaians in Europe May 2 - 4/2003

Mon, 5 May 2003 Source: --

The performances of Ghanaian players across the leagues in Europe at the weekend: (Updated constantly...Check for updates)
AUSTRIA
Sturm Graz 2 SV Salzburg 2: Charles Amoah got Sturm Graz's first in the 42nd min.
"I was in the stadium, Amoah had a really good day. Very impressive, he is getting better and better, coach changed him 75 minute, as he brought in an austrian youngster, but not because of his performance." -- Armin

BELGIUM: Jupiler League

CZECH

DENMARK: Superleague
FC Midtjylland – Silkeborg IF 2-1
FC Midtjylland: Peter Skov-Jensen, Ulrik Lindkvist, Martin Nielsen (78: Kim Olsen), S?ren Skriver, Jan Frederiksen, Jesper Mikkelsen, Thomas Thomasberg, Thomas Rathe, Bo Hansen (83: Kenneth From), Razak Pimpong (72: Christian Magleby)

FRANCE
Olympique Marseille claimed back top spot in Ligue 1 after beating 10-man Bastia 2-1 on Saturday.

GERMANY: Bundesliga
Bayern Munich 1 Kaiserslautern 0: Leaders Bayern Munich, who sealed an 18th German crown last weekend, stayed 13 points clear at the top with a 1-0 home win over Kaiserslautern courtesy of a late effort from Samuel Kuffour.
The Ghanaian defender enabled Bayern to celebrate in style before their fans after deciding the title race in Wolfsburg. He also provided the Bavarians with a morale boost before they play Kaiserslautern again in the German Cup final on May 31 in Berlin.

Hansa Rostock 3 Schalke 1 Lineup for Hansa Rostock : Schober;Kientz, Jakobsson, Hill; Aduobe,Wimmer (74. Rydlewicz), Lantz, Persson (62. Arvidsson), Hirsch; Vorbeck, Prica (89. di Salvo)

Borussia Dortmund 2 VfL Wolfsburg 2
VfL Wolfsburg: Ramovic;Rytter, Biliskov, Schnoor, Weiser;Karhan, Sarpei (75. Quattrocchi), Thiam;Pr?ger (46. Maric), Klimowicz (46. Petrow), Ponte

GREECE: Hellenic National League

ISRAEL

ITALY: Serie A
In the battle for Champions League qualification spots Chievo moved within three points of fourth-placed Lazio after a 3-1 win over relegation-threatened Piacenza.
Cheivo: Chievo: Ambrosio; Mensah (Grassadonia 74), Legrottaglie, D'Anna, Pesaresi (Lorenzi 41); Luciano, Perrotta (De Franceschi 53), Corini, Franceschini; Bjelanovic, Pellissier

Perugia 0-0 Brescia : Appiah played 90 minutes

Torino 0-1 Udinese: Muntari came on as a substitute 10 minutes to the end of the game. Ufdinese scored their goa two minutes later

NETHERLANDS
Vitesse beat NAC 3-1: Vitesse booked their first win under new trainer Edward Sturing after beating NAC 3-1 at home. Matthew Amoah opened the score in the 19th minute , rounding off a Bob Peeters assist from 3 meters for the half time score. 3 minutes into the second act NAC drew level after Engelaar struck home with a fine left-footed shot high into the left corner. In the 56th minute Mathew Amoah was once again on target when he robbed the ball off Mark Schenning before racing through to fire past unprotected Gabor Babos in the NAC goal.

Ajax Amsterdam 6 RKC Waalwijk 1: Ajax smashed RKC 6-1 at home with a brilliant display of football. Abubakari Yakubu came on in the 61 minute, with the score at 3-0

FC Zwolle 3 Roda JC Kerkrade 1 : Zwolle booked a surprise win aganist Roda JC. Eric Addo's had a terrible game and was replaced in the second half.

NORWAY: Tippeligaen

POLAND
[From Armin Graf] -- "The most Important Match in Wrschau was played this weekend - the derby Legia Warschau against Polonia Warschau. Legia is fighting for the Champion Title, Polonia for an UEFA - Cup place. Seth Ablade came in as subsitute in the 55 minute in a strikers role. This was his first game, as he came late and could not make the prepearation with Polonia Warschau. In the full stadium of 35.000 fanatic fans, who shouted -Ablade-Ablade- after his first few dribblings, the Ghana future talent was having a perfect second half. He gave 3 passes for 100% goal chances, but his team-mates missed. The 19 year old Ghanian is on his way to the first 11 of the Poland Top Team (Champions in 2001), and in this form, a very hot name for the U-21 national Team of Ghana, as he already was a member of the U-17 National Team, which took unbeaten the 3. Place at the U- 17 World Cup 1999 in New Zealand - congratulations to Seth Ablade"

ROMANIA

RUSSIA

SWEDEN
Ibrahim Atiku played 15 min for Vasteras SK as they won 3-1 against Gefle. Ibrahim had a good 15 min. He got a penalty when he was brought down a minute after coming on.

Report from Swedish Paper; Translated by Anders Ljunggren

The new youth star from Ghana, Ibrahim Atiku, came on in the 76th min. First time he touched the ball, in his debut, he got a penalty. But Thomas Andersson could not score on the penalty when the keeper saved it.
Atiku kept playing very well and the Gefle defenders had big problems to handle his speed and technic. He gave the VSK strikers some good passes, but they did not score. But Atiku looks very good and will for sure give VSK some strong midfield in the coming matches and hopefully bring back some more fans to the home matches. The fans can't remember when they had a "artist" in the team before like this Atiku.

SWITZERLAND
Delemont 1 St. Gallen 4: Tachie Mensah scored one of St Gallen's 4 goals.

TURKEY
G?ztepe 0-1 Ankarag?c?
Ankarag?c?: Zafer ?zg?ltekin, Adem Dursun, G?kmen Bar??, ?.Burak ?zsara?, Y?lmaz ?zlem, Ramazan ?zalp, Hakan Kele?, Reinaldo V.Sim?o, ?zg?r V.Y?ld?r?m, ?mit Ozan Kazmaz, Augustine Ahinful

Bursaspor 2-1 Fenerbah?e
Fenerbah?e: Recep Biler, ?mit ?zat, Erhan Albayrak, Serhiy Rebrov, Tuncay ?anl?, Fatih Akyel, Semih ?ent?rk, Erman Y?ld?r?m, Samuel Johnson, Miroslav Stević, Fahri Tatan

Samsunspor 4-3 Elaz??spor
Elaz??spor: Richard Kingson, Erhan Eren Kurnaz, Cem Beceren, Z? Roberto, Erdem Gen?, Erhan Naml?, Mehmet Ali ?akmak, ?mit Hatipo?lu, Cem Yan?k, Juray Czinege, Hac? Arif

Player of the WEEK

Team of the WEEK (4-2-4)