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Since the 2006 World Cup, Ghana have generally played a more reactive style of football. Claude Le Roy’s short two year spell saw Ghana employ a slightly more proactive style of play using a basic 4-4-2. Sulley Muntari and Michael Essien took turns to go forward and hold in the middle of the park; Quincy Owusu-Abeyie played as an inverted winger high on the left flank with Laryea Kingston playing as a wide midfielder deeper on the opposite wing; John Paintsil looked to aggressively overlap him while Hans Sarpei was more conservative at left back. Asamoah Gyan and Junior Agogo were both adept at playing as target men, dropping deep and linking up with midfielders or making threatening runs in behind the defence. Milovan Rajevac’s reign in charge of the Black Stars was home to what could be described as boring to some but undoubtedly effective football. The 2010 African Cup of Nations provided a glimpse of what was to come months later at the subsequent World Cup, setting up in two deep-lying banks of four with Anthony Annan in between and looking to counter attack at speed. Ghana, with the excellent hold up play of Gyan and the direct [...]
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