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Joseph 06th September 2007
The striking prodigy of Black Starlets' attacker Ransford Osei, has attracted the attention of Black Stars' coach Claude Le Roy.
And in his bid to parade and build a formidable frontline for the forthcoming Ghana 2008 tournament, the French trainer, has penciled down the young striker as a possible candidate to strike alongside his favourite, Asamoah Gyan.
For Le Roy, the young striker, like wine, is maturing as the weeks roll by and has all it takes to wear the senior team shirt.
Le Roy said in a press conference in Accra.
  He demonstrated big tournament temperament in Togo and he is doing so well in Korea, he is skilful and a good player,
So far 5 Goals in 6 Games at the U-17 World Cup and I won't be surprise he scores another goal in the 3rd place match.
Ransford Osei has scored about 15 Goals for the Starlets in Competitive Games so far.
Summary of Ransford Osei's Goals
On 17th September, 2006 Ransford Osei scored a hat-trick during 1st Leg CAF U17 Nations Cup Qualifiers Ghana vs. Guinea 3-1
3 Goals
On 15th October,2006 Ransford Osei scored the only goal of the 2nd leg qualifier CAF U17 Nations Cup
Ghana vs. Guinea 1-1
1 Goal
12th December,2006 the second round of the CAF U17 Nations Cup Qualifiers 2nd leg against Ivory Coast Ransford Osei scored 1goal
Ghana vs Ivory Coast 2-0(Starlets qualify)
1 Goal
7th CAF U-17 Championship
Group Stage
3/11/2007
Ghana vs Burkina Faso 3-1
1 Goal
7th CAF U-17 Championship
Group Stage
3/14/2007
Ghana vs Eritrea 6-0
1 Goal
7th CAF U-17 Championship
Semi Finals
3/20/2007
Ghana vs. Togo 1-2
1 Goal
Mini Tourney in Korea
Match Day 1
6/17/2007
Ghana vs. Haiti 3-0
3 Goals
Mini Tourney in Korea
Match Day 2
6/19/2007
Ghana vs. Brazil 1-1
1 Goal
FIFA U-17 World Cup
Group Stage
8/20/2007
Ghana vs. Trinidad 4-1
2 Goals
FIFA U-17 World Cup
Group Stage
8/23/2007
Ghana vs. Germany 2-3
1 Goal
FIFA u-17 World Cup
Group Stage
Ghana vs. Colombia 2-1
1 Goal
FIFA U-17 World Cup
Quarter Finals
Ghana vs. Peru 2-0
1 Goal
Joseph 06th September 2007
A super-strike by FC Barcelona's young star Bojan Krkic takes Spain to U-17 World cup final, but sheds tears as he is shown a red card and will miss the finals as well as the opportunity to be the top scorer.
Bojan Krkic simply showed why he is rated so highly. The goal machine struck in extra time to give Spain a 2-1 victory over Ghana in the U-17 World Cup Semi-final match in Korea. The match lived up to its billings as previous encounters between Ghana and Spain in the U-17 category has always been fierce. Ghana dominated the early part of the game, and looked the more likely team to go ahead, missing chances from Sadick Adams and Ransford Osei. The skillfull Black Starlets of Ghana were however well curtailed by the very technical approach Spain adopted to the game. The two sides displayed great skill, with Spain's Camacho, Merida and Aquino all displaying well and always looking for a chance to slip passes to Bojan who always looked very dangerous and attracted loud cheers from the adoring Korean fans whenever he touched the ball.
The first half ended goalless with possession almost shared and statistics showing equality. The second half saw a stronger Spain, as unsettled the Ghanaians more often. Spain finally got ahead in the 64th minute after a blinding shot off a perfect pass and a slight melee. Ghana came back forcefully and forced close saves from Spain's David De Gea. Sadick Adams, who was clearly the most dangerous man for Ghana finally struck for the West Africans with a specatcular finish off a quickly taken free-kick in the 80th minute. With honours shared, the match went into extra time.
It was time for Bojan to step up and distinct himself from the rest. The talented FC Barcelona striker created great chances and earned a penalty that wasn't awarded after being pulled down in the Ghanaian box. Bojan Krkic returned in the 116th minute with one of the most intelligent goals of the championship. The young one tip-toed away from his Ghanaian markers just when a Spanish free-kick was about to be played at the egde of Ghana's area. As the free-kick was played, Bojan's tip-toe became a lightning speed dash away from the entire crowd in the Ghanaian six-yard box, and the Barca star latched unto the well laid ball to swirl round with a side footed shot that sailed through a crowd of eight players and into the Ghanaian net. The show was over.
The stadium went into rupture, as the adoring fans could hardly contain their joy. However, it seeemd the centre referee was not happy with Bojan. The referee, who had consistently been harsh against the Spanish star, even flashing him with a yellow card earlier, finally issued Bojan Krkic a red card for what the referee termed as a second bookable offence. There was completely no justification for this, as the referee accussed Bojan of intentionally letting the ball touch his leg after he had blown for a Ghanaian free kick in the 120th minute !! This was just 30 seconds to the end of the game.
The red card doused the celebration of Spain. As the centre referee ended the match 30 seconds after the red card was shown, the entire Spanish squad rushed out to him in protest, including a tearful Bojan Krkic. The linesmen and some officials tried to wade off the angry Spanish squad. Though the situation was finally brought under control, the damage had already been done. Bojan Krkic, even though having taken Spain to the U-17 World Cup final, will have to miss out of the great event, when Spain play either Nigeria or Germany in the final match on Sunday, 9th September. Nigeria and Germany will play the second semi-final match tomorrow, 6th September, to determine who meets Spain in the 2007 FIFA U-17 world cup final match.
Joseph 05th September 2007
watch goal highlights of Nigeria vs Haiti in the 2007 FIFA World U17 Championship Korea.
Joseph 03rd September 2007
The two old European rivals had a strong contention in the first 45min of the game which ended in a goalless draw.
It was all change after the restart, though, as Heiko Herrlich's side upped the tempo, quickly finding their reward when Sebastian Rudy rifled home from outside the area on 50 minutes. The Englishmen were still recovering from that blow when Richard Sukuta-Pasu doubled the Germans' advantage moments later.
England coach John Peacock made a double change in an effort to get back into the game, and the move paid dividends when Rhys Murphy cut the deficit on 65 minutes.
With the chances beginning to flow at both ends, it the Germans who made theirs count, Dennis Dowidat and Toni Kroos producing fine finishes in the final quarter of an hour to see them home and dry.
Joseph 03rd September 2007
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