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Ghanaians in Europe May 9-11/2003

Tue, 13 May 2003 Source: --

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The performances of Ghanaian players across the leagues in Europe at the weekend: (Updated constantly...Check for updates)

AUSTRIA
GAK 2-1 Sturm Graz : Tutu Adu Skelley scored the winning goal for GAK in the very last minute of the game to give Graz AK a late win at city rivals Sturm Graz. The former Ghanaian youth international striker came on as a substitute in the 81 minute. The 2-1 win put Tutu Skelly's side in second position. The Austrian league has already been decided, with Austria Vienna taking the title. CHARLES AMOAH played 90 minutes for Strum

BELGIUM: Jupiler League
Anthony Obodai gave Beerschot the lead as they crushed Mons 4-0.

The shortlist has been announced for the best African player in the Belgian league - otherwise known as the Ebony Boot Award. The winner of the award will be announced at a ceremony in Brussels on 16 May. No Ghanaian is on the list. Last year's winner was Burkinabe striker Moumouni Dagano. Nii Lamptey & Eric Addo are the only Ghanaians to have won this award

CZECH

DENMARK: Superleague

FRANCE
Sedan 2 Bastia 2 : Michael Essien came back fro a 2-match suspension and played 90 minutes

GERMANY: Bundesliga
Hertha BSC 3-6 Bayern M?nchen
Bayern M?nchen: Kahn - Sagnol, Kuffour, T. Linke, Lizarazu - Deisler, Jeremies, Ballack, Schweinsteiger - Elber, Pizarro

Bor. M'gladbach 3-0 Hansa Rostock : Aduobe played 90 minutes on the losing side. Aidoo came on in the 84 minute for M'gladbach, with the game already won.

GERMAN DIVISION 2

MSV Duisburg 2 SSV Reutlingen 0
Lineup for SSV Reutlingen: Hollerieth;Kies, Spanier, Sbordone;Weigl (63. Schmiedel), Endress (56. Rolfes), Ogungbure;Rehm, Becker, Gambo; Frommer (56. Paeslack)

11.05.2003 Wacker Burghausen 1 SC Freiburg 2
Lineup for SC Freiburg : Golz;Willi (72. M?ller), Konde, Diarra (46. Hermel), Berner; Bajramovic, A.Zeyer, Zkitischwili;Guie-Mien (46. Ramdane); Iaschwili, Tanko

11.05.2003
Alemannia Aachen 2 Rot-Wei? Oberhausen 0
Lineup for Rot-Wei? Oberhausen Adler;Luginger,Scharpenberg, Ciuca (46. Anthony Tieku), Langeneke;Wojtala, Obad (67. Rietpietsch), Catic, Judt; Beljakow, Radulovic (75. da Silva)

GREECE: Hellenic National League
OLYMPIAKOS - PANATHINAIKOS 3-0: A wonderful display by Olympiakos allowed them to overtake Panathinaikos atop the Greek league (based on head-to-head matches) as the Piraeus club beat their bitter rivals 3-0 and took a giant step towards claiming their seventh straight championship.
OLYMPIAKOS: Katergiannakis, Venetidis, Amanatidis (61 Anatolakis), Kostoulas, Antzas, Karembeu, Zeterberg, Djorjevic, Giannakopoulos, Giovanni (81 Ofori-Quaye) Choutos (64 Niniadis)

PAOK had a confidence boosting win one week before the big Greek cup final by defeating Aigaleo 3-2 in Athens. Kofi Amponsah played the full game. PAOK clinched Uefa Cup berths with the victory

ISRAEL
Hapoel Beer-Sheva 3-3 Maccabi Netanya
Ishmael Addo scored Netanya's third goal.

ITALY: Serie A
AC Milan are no longer certs for a Champions League spot after Stephan Appiah scored late on to condemn them to a 1-0 defeat at Brescia. After missing scores of chances, Brescia they took a deserved lead six minutes from time when Appiah blasted into the top corner after controlling Tare's cross. A great goal.
Serie A giants Juventus won their Scudetto number 27 thanks to a 2-2 home draw against Perugia on Saturday afternoon.

NETHERLANDS
Feyenoord 2 : 1 RKC Waalwijk : Gyan played 71 mins in Feyenoord's defence.

Ajax had to fight hard to keep their hopes of qualifying for Champions League football next season alive after coming 0-1 from behind to earn a valuable 1-2 away win against NEC. Youssouf Hersi, on loan to NEC from Ajax, opened the score in the 11th minute after soloing through Ajax's defense before firing home. Although Chivu replacement Yakubu twice hit the post, the Amsterdammers went into the break trailing 1-0. After the break Ajax upped the tempo and really began piling on the pressure and within eight minutes the visitors equalized after Substitute Sikora headed home a Jari Litmanen cross from close range. In the 79th minute Sikora was once again helpful after supplying Brazilian midfielder Maxwell the assist for the important match winning goal.

Vitesse move out of the danger zone after beating bottom of the table De Graafschap 1-2 away from home thanks to Mathew Amoah's 39th minute goal. Amoah was certainly Vitesse's man of the match causing havoc in De Graafschap's defense. The win moves Vitesse out of the bottom three and leaves De Graafschap in very serious problems.

After 4 consecutive defeats Roda JC finally booked a 1-0 home win over strugglers RBC, keeping their European football hopes alive. Eric Addo played the full game

NORWAY: Tippeligaen

PORTUGAL

POLAND
Pogon Szeztin 0-2 Polonia Warschau: After a strong first match by Seth Ablade against Legia Warschau last weekend, he came into the game in the second half. The 20-year-old Ghanaian had a great game, and showed his exiting skills to the 8000 fans in the stadium. A great combination ended with a through pass from Ablade, which allowed the Warschau's striker to tap the ball into the net for goal number two. This was after some effective front work by the U-17 and U-21 International.
Ablade is becomming more and more included in the strategies of Polonia for next seson, and have been offered a 4 years contract, as his current contract is only valid till the 30-6-2003. However, Ablade is looking for better options, as teams from Germany and France also have showen there interest.

RUSSIA

SWEDEN
Superettan(Division 2)
Forward 1 Vasteras 3
Lineup for V?ster?s SK: 22. Oskar Wahlstr?m, 2. Jonas Eberhardson(5. Per Andersson 66 min) , 3. Adam Braz, 4. Patric Feltendahl , 6. Johan Svensson, 7. David Curtolo, 8. Mathias Elison, 14. Stefan B?rlin, 15. Joonas Botold , 16. Peter Larsson( 10. Ibrahim Atiku 61 min) , 99. Thomas Andersson(13. Sebastian Sallanto 84 min)

SWITZERLAND

TURKEY
Ankarag?c? 2-0 Trabzonspor: With only three matches left in the 2002/03 Turkish Superlig season, Ankaragucu gave themselves a shot with a vital 2-0 over Trabzonspor. Augustine Ahinful scored the second goal in the 74 min; his 16th of the season.

Elaz??spor 2-1 Bursaspor: The relegation battle is heating up and this past weekend Elazigspor stayed alive with a massive 2-1 versus Bursaspor. Elazigspor should be buoyed by this result and now must concentrate on their three final matches. Richard Kingson was in the post for Elaz??spor.

Fenerbah?e 1-0 Kocaelispor: Fenerbahce finally got a victory, though a narrow 1-0 win over cellar dwellar Kocaelispor can't exactly be characterized as a good result. Nevertheless, Fener look good for an Uefa Cup berth. Sam Johnson played the full game.

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