{"id":22578,"date":"2019-08-17T20:27:11","date_gmt":"2019-08-17T20:27:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/?p=22578"},"modified":"2019-08-17T20:50:35","modified_gmt":"2019-08-17T20:50:35","slug":"tahiru-awudu-nets-brace-ghana-beat-burundi-2019-african-games-opener","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/tahiru-awudu-nets-brace-ghana-beat-burundi-2019-african-games-opener\/","title":{"rendered":"Tahiru Awudu nets brace as Ghana beat Burundi in 2019 African Games opener"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Tahiru Awudu nets brace as Ghana beat Burundi in 2019 African Games opener<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>Medeama Striker Tahiru Awudu was the hero as Ghana U20 secured a 2-1 win in their first game in the 2019 All African Games on Saturday.<\/h3>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7515973527815049\" data-ad-slot=\"5197133662\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><br \/>\nThe 19-year-old scored the goals in the first half to hand the West African giants the victory at the Stade Municipal El Manssouria.<\/p>\n<p>The predatory striker opened the scoring in the 16th minute with a sublime finish before adding to his tally five minutes later.<\/p>\n<p>Burundi got back into the game with a goal and could have shared the spoils after their second goal was disallowed.<\/p>\n<p>Coach Yaw Preko&#8217;s side looked the most threatening side with Tahiru Awudu leading the lines for the Black Satellites.<\/p>\n<p>The hugely-talented prodigy underlined his immense potential with an enviable work rate in Rabat to win over the fans.<\/p>\n<p>Medeama defender Philip Osei marshaled the left-back with aplomb and will enter their second game with a renewed confidence.<\/p>\n<p>The Black Satellites will battle Senegal in their next game on Wednesday before facing off Mali in their final Group B game on August 24.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ghana&#8217;s XI against Burundi<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ibrahim Danlad, Phillip Osei, Haruna Abubakar, Najeed Yakubu, Ibrahim Sulley, Isaac Gyamfi, Emmanuel Toku, Kwadwo Opoku, Daniel Adjetey, Elvis Kyei Baffour and Awudu Tahiru.<br \/>\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7515973527815049\" data-ad-slot=\"5197133662\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><br \/>\n<strong>Source: Medeamasc.com\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tahiru Awudu nets brace as Ghana beat Burundi in 2019 African Games opener Medeama Striker Tahiru Awudu was the hero as Ghana U20 secured a 2-1 win in their first game in the 2019 All African Games on Saturday. The 19-year-old scored the goals in the first half to hand the West African giants the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":22580,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,8417],"tags":[9595,12113,2652,10594],"class_list":{"0":"post-22578","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-african-football","8":"category-featured","9":"tag-burundi","10":"tag-ghana-u20","11":"tag-medeama","12":"tag-tahiru-awudu"},"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saharafootball.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Tahiru.jpg?fit=700%2C467&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8jzHl-5Sa","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":19528,"url":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/medeama-striker-tahiru-awudu-cops-three-match-ban\/","url_meta":{"origin":22578,"position":0},"title":"Medeama striker Tahiru Awudu cops three-match ban","author":"Clinton Eleto","date":"April 17, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Medeama striker Tahiru Awudu cops three-match ban Striker Tahiru Awudu has been hit with a three-game suspension following his sending off against Ashantigold in the Ghana FA Special Competition.\u00a0 The young striker received a second yellow card for retaliating against defender Richard Osei Agyemang. 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