Soccer News of Monday, 29 August 2011

Source: GFA

John Mensah ruled out of Ghana matches

... Boye Handed late call up

John Mensah will miss Ghana's 2012 Africa Nations Cup qualifying against Swaziland on Friday evening with an injury.

The defender will not arrive for camping as he stays back at his base in France.

The Olympique Lyon player is also out of next Monday's international with Brazil at the Cravern Cottage in London.

Ghana coach Goran Stevanovic has called up Rennes defender John Boye as a replacement for Mensah.

Ghana plays the Swazis at the Accra Sports Stadium in the penultimate Group I reverse fixture before turning their attentions to the friendly in London three days later.

The Black Stars sit top of Group I with a better goal advantage ahead of Sudan.

Goalkeepers: Richard Kingson (Unattached), Adam Larsen Kwarasey (Stromgodest), Ernest Sowah (Berekum Chelsea)

Defenders: Samuel Inkoom (FC Dnipro), John Paintsil (Leicester City), Isaac Vorsah (TSG Hoffenheim), Jonathan Mensah (Evian Thonon-Gaillard), Lee Addy (Red Star Belgrade), Daniel Opare (Standard Liege)

Midfielders: Andre Ayew (Olympique Marseille), Kwadwo Asamoah, Emmanuel Agyeman-Badu (Udinese), Sulley Muntari (Inter Milan) Anthony Annan (Vitesse Arnhem), Albert Adomah (Bristol City), Rabiu Mohammed (Evian Thonon-Gaillard), Derek Boateng (FC Dnipro)

Strikers: Asamoah Gyan (Sunderland), Prince Tagoe (TSG Hoffenheim) Dominic Adiyiah (Karsiyaka), Jordan Ayew (Olympique Marseille) Nathaniel Asamoah (Asante Kotoko).