Carney Chukwuemeka opened his goals account on his debut for Austria, as they hammered 2026 FIFA World Cup-bound Ghana’s Black Stars 5-1 in an international friendly at Ernst Happel Stadium in Vienna on Friday.
Chukwuemeka, who came on in the 61st minute, scored with 10 minutes left to put Austria 4-1 ahead.
The Black Stars struggled to find any rhythm throughout the match, allowing the home side to dominate for the majority of the match.
Austria opened the scoring against the run of play in the 12th minute when Marcel Sabitzer converted a penalty after defender Jonas Adjetey handled the ball inside the area.
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The goal put Ghana on the back foot, and Austria capitalised on defensive errors throughout the game. In the 51st minute, Sabitzer assisted Michael Gregoritsch for Austria’s second goal, with Caleb Yirenkyi’s poor ball control contributing to the opportunity.
Austria extended their lead further in the 69th minute when Gregoritsch returned the favour, setting up Stefan Posch to make it 3-0.
The Black Stars were largely ineffective in attack, struggling to create any meaningful chances until captain Jordan Ayew pulled a goal back to make it 3-1 on 77 minutes.
But just two minutes later Chukwuemeka extended Austria’s lead by grabbing the fourth before Nicolas Seiwald made it 5-1 in the 92nd minute.
The Black Stars will now take on Germany in another international friendly on Monday.
5 Comments
This result means nothing. Ghana will still win the World Cup.
Ah, wotowoto something!
If dem collect like dis against Austria, wetin Germany go do?
Football doesn’t go that way! The Black Stars of Ghana might surprise you on Tuesday against Germany, which on paper are a more formidable opponent than Ghana, by getting a draw or a very much narrow loss.
I don’t see this Ghana team beating Germany but they can atleast get a draw or respectable low score defeat. The BS team is so disjointed and uncoordinated to make any impact at the mundial in June. They have some talented individual players but are poorly coached- no wonder they have fallen below the top 10 in Africa- below Cape Verde, Cameroon, South Africa, Mali, DR Congo and Burkina Faso in Fifa men’s ranking.
It’s true sha. Football is a funny old game. Anything can happen.
Who would have thought Austria are capable of spelling GHANA in a game?
However, when you collect 5 from Austria and are facing Germany next, it is only natural to be a bit apprehensive, if we are to be completely honest!
Very soon the Ghana black Stars players and officials will come out to tell us that it is because they were robbed in Austria, that made them to COLLECT WOTOWOTO. Those players should get serious and play with pride and dedication for Ghana their mother land.