Wit fail. :P

Ghana's Mensah and Vorsah miss out
19/06/2010 14:13

Injuries to defensive duo John Mensah and Isaac Vorsah have forced Ghana's coach to make changes to his starting lineup for their second World Cup game against Australia on Saturday in Rustenburg in Group D.

Mensah, who captained Ghana in their 1-0 win against Serbia, picked up a knock in a pre-match training session on Friday and has been replaced by Jonathan Mensah, a 19-year-old hard-tackling centre back.

Ghana's Serbian coach Milovan Rajevac had told reporters on Friday that both Mensah and fellow-defender Isaac Vorsah, who is also injured, were doubtful for the game.

He did not specify the nature of the injuries.

Lee Addy will come in for Vorsah.

Apart from those two changes, the Serbian trainer has named an almost unchanged squad that beat Serbia in their opening game, Ghana FA website (www.ghahafa.org) said.

Richard Kingson will captain the side with John Pantsil and Hans Sarpei as full-backs.

Anthony Annan and newcomer Kevin-Prince Boateng have been entrusted with the midfield holding role while Dede Ayew and Prince Tagoe roam the flanks.

Asamoah Gyan will play up front while Kwadwo Asamoah will operate behind him.

http://www.supersport.com/football/ghana/news/100619/Ghanas_Mensah_and_Vorsah_miss_out

Come now, he spent all week coming up with that.

Kewell and Bresciano in for Socceroos

19 June 2010-SBS

Australia coach Pim Verbeek made four changes to the line-up for the Group D clash against Ghana in Rustenburg with Harry Kewell, Mark Bresciano, Brett Holman and David Carney starting.

With Tim Cahill suspended and Vincenzo Grella injured, the two players to make way from the side that lost to Germany 4-0 in Durban are Richard Garcia and Scott Chipperfield.
Australia XI v Ghana: Schwarzer, Wilkshire, Moore, Neill, Carney, Emerton, Valeri, Culina, Bresciano, Holman, Kewell.

http://theworldgame.sbs.com.au/news/1009457/Kewell-and-Bresciano-in-for-Socceroos

No actual striker in the line-up once again makes me cringe.

Bring on viduka ;)

During the Santo show John van't Schip said he'd never even heard of Pim Verbeek until the Netherlands played south Korea in 2007.