Over the weekend, Ghanaian players participated in matches in the top five European leagues, but none of them scored.
In their 2-0 victory over Newcastle United on Sunday, Thomas Partey came on as a substitute for Arsenal in the 80th minute, taking the place of Martin Odegaard. He had entered the game as a substitute for the Gunners twice in a row.
Eddie Nketiah replaced Gabriel Jesus in the 87th minute as well.
In their 1-0 victory over Manchester United at home, West Ham United did not deploy substitute Joseph Tetteh Anang.
Ryan Christie was replaced by Antoine Semenyo in the 84th minute of Bournemouth’s 3-1 loss against Chelsea at home.
In Crystal Palace’s 1-0 loss to Tottenham, Jordan Ayew played for 84 minutes while Jeffrey Schlupp was replaced after 74.
When Southampton and Nottingham Forest square off on Monday, Andre Ayew and Kamaldeen Sulemana, respectively, are expected to play. Mohammed Salisu’s injury has not yet completely healed.
French Ligue 1
Left-back When Gideon Mensah made his comeback for AJ Auxerre in their 1-1 draw with Clermont Foot, he played the entire 90 minutes.
For Clermont Foot, defender Alidu Seidu completed his 90-minute playing time after serving his ban. Grejohn Kyei, a Ghanaian of French descent, played 79 minutes for Clermont Foot.
Strasbourg won 2-0 at Nantes under the leadership of Alexander Djiku, who played the full ninety minutes and moved Strasbourg up to position 14 on the league standings.
Bundesliga
Due to a season-long injury, Daniel-Kofi Kyereh was not present for Freiburg as they fell to Leipzig 1-0 at home.
Ansgar Knauff, a German-born player, came on for Eintracht Frankfurt in the 83rd minute of their 3-1 defeat at Hoffenheim.
Forward The entire ninety minutes of Bochum’s 2-0 loss to Borussia Monchengladbach were played by Christopher Antwi-Adjei.
Kingsley Schindler, a new player from Ghana, came on as a substitute in the 65th minute and played for 26 minutes as FC Koln defeated Bayer Leverkusen 2-1. For Leverkusen, Jeremie Frimpong played the whole 90 minutes while Callum Hudson-Odoi was absent from the lineup.
Serie A
Young midfielder Ibrahim Sulemana entered the game for his team Hellas Verona in the 70th minute as they defeated Lecce 1-0 to move three points clear of the drop.
Alfred Duncan, a former midfielder for the Black Stars, played 65 minutes as Fiorentina fell to champion Napoli 1-0.
Emmanuel Gyasi played for 61 minutes before being taken off as Spezia fell to Cremonese, another team fighting for survival, 2-0. In the 88th minute, Cremonese substituted in Felix Afena-Gyan.
