U-20 World Cup Kicks Off today!
Consider it your World Cup appetizer. A year before the real thing takes center stage in Brazil in the summer of 2014, the junior edition of the World Cup kicks off this Friday in Turkey.
Live France vs Ghana | FIFA U20 World Cup 2013
Ghana coach Sellas Tetteh has left out Richmond Boakye-Yiadom and Baba Rahman from his starting line-up to face France in their Group A opener on Friday in Istanbul.
The duo joined their teammates on Wednesday and trained only once with the team yesterday after arriving late from the Black Stars camp.
Striker Boakye-Yiadom played a cameo in the just concluded double 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Sudan and Lesotho this month.
Rahman, who plays for Greuther Furth, was an unused substitute.
Inter Milan youngster Alfred Duncan made the starting XI after dislodging Siedu Salifu in the holding midfield role.
Diminutive Moses Odjer plays as the offensive midfielder with Frank Acheampong attacking from the left flank and Michael Anaba as right winger.
Ebenezer Assifuah and Francis Narh will lead the attack.
Tetteh has maintained the defensive pair of captain Lawrence Lartey and Joseph Attamah.
Ghana have never lost a group game at a FIFA U-20 World Cup. The West Africans have chalked up nine victories and six draws in their five editions thus far.
