FIFA World Youth Championship Argentina 2001

First stage

Ghana - Paraguay

2:1 (0:0)

Match	Date	Time	Venue / Stadium	Attendance
11	18 June 2001	14:00	Mar Del Plata / Estadio José María Minella	2000

Match Officials

Referee Terje HAUGE (NOR)	Assistant Referee 1 Jaap POOL (NED)
Fourth Official Shamsul MAIDIN (SIN)	Assistant Referee 2 David SAU (SOL)

Goals scored

Michael ESSIEN (GHA) 58',
Derek BOATENG (GHA) 63',
Tomas GUZMAN (PAR) 69'

Ghana

Line-up

[1]
Maxwell BANAHENE (GK)
[2]
Sulley MUNTARI
[4]
Michael ESSIEN
[5]
Patrick VILLARS
[6]
Emmanuel PAPPOE
[8]
Ibrahim ABDUL RAZAK
[9]
Razak PIMPONG
[10]
Derek BOATENG
[13]
Anthony OBODAI (-89')
[14]
John MENSAH
[15]
John PANTSIL

Substitute(s)

[3]
Abass INUSAH
[7]
Samuel THOMPSON
[11]
Frank OSEI
[12]
Yussif ISSAH
[16]
Kwaku DUAH
[17]
James OWUSU-ANSAH (+89')
[18]
George OWU

Coach

Emmanuel AFRANIE (GHA)

Paraguay

Line-up

[1]
Diego BARRETO (GK)
[3]
Jose DEVACA
[4]
Emilio MARTINEZ
[5]
Pedro BENITEZ
[6]
Walter FRETES
[8]
Jorge BRITEZ
[9]
Julio GONZALEZ
[10]
Tomas GUZMAN (-86')
[11]
Santiago SALCEDO (-68')
[12]
Celso ESQUIVEL
[13]
Gabriel ESTIGARRIBIA (-86')

Substitute(s)

[2]
David VILLALBA
[7]
Alejandro DA SILVA
[15]
Osvaldo DIAZ (+68')
[16]
Fredy BAREIRO (+86')
[17]
Cristian FATECHA (+86')
[18]
Eduardo CACERES

Coach

(PAR)

Cautions

Tomas GUZMAN (PAR) 14'
, Emilio MARTINEZ (PAR) 65'

Expulsions

a.e.t.:	After extra time	(C):	Captain	PSO:	Penalty Shoot-out
GK:	Goalkeeper	N:	Not eligible to play	I:	Injured
Y:	Yellow cards	Pos:	Positions	A:	Absent
D:	Defender	M:	Midfielder	Min:	Minutes played
GF:	Goals for	GA:	Goals against	PK:	Penalty Kicks
FC:	Fouls Committed	FS:	Fouls Suffered	R:	Direct Expulsions
F:	Forward	SG/S:	Shots on Goal/Shots	Y: 2Y=R:	Yellow cards Expulsions due to Second Caution