Here's the comprehensive wrap up of how the twenty-five (25) invited Black Stars players performed over the weekend for their various clubs.
GOALKEEPERS
Lawrence Ati-Zigi was in action over the weekend for FC St Gallen who picked an important 1-2 away win over FC Grasshopper in the Swiss topflight
Jojo Wollacott was surprisingly not in Crawley Town's list in their pulsating 2-2 draw against Huddersfield Town in the English League One.
Abdul Manaf Nurudeen returns to the Black Stars after almost a year and was rated 7.3 by Sofascore having maintained the post for KAS Eupen in their 0-4 home loss to Patro in the Belgian Jupiler Pro League.
DEFENDERS
Isaac Afful returns to the senior national team again and enjoyed full time action for champions FC Samartex in their 1-0 home win over Legon Cities in match-week 10 of the Ghana Premier League.
At the Roazhon Park, Alidu Seidu lasted the entire duration for Stade Rennais in their surprising 0-2 home defeat to Toulouse in the French Ligue 1.
Tariq Lamptey also didn't make Brighton and Hove Albion's squad last Saturday in their crucial 2-1 win over champions Manchester City in the Premier League.
Gideon Mensah had a very descent game for AJ Auxurre who picked up an important and unexpected 1-3 away win at Olympique Marseille in the French topflight.
Fenerbahçe destroyed Sivasspor by an emphatic 4-0 at home. Alexander Djiku came on in the 12th minute to replace injured Çaglar Söyüncü and also made way for Brazil's Rodrigo Becão with two minutes to full time.
In the same Turkish Super Lig, Jerome Opoku was shown a yellow card after commanding the backline very well for Istanbul Basaksehir who held Besiktas to a goalless draw.
Nathaniel Adjei will be joining the Black Stars camp for the first time but wasn't in action for FC Lorient in their 3-1 home victory over Guingamp in the French Ligue 2. He was last in action on November 1, against Clermont Foot.
Jonas Adjei Adjetey shaked off injury and returned into action after coming on in the last twenty minutes to help FC Basel humble Yverdon-Sport by a resounding 1-4 win away from home in Switzerland.
Nations FC captain Razak Simpson gets his first ever Black Stars invite which definitely is a dream come true, and starred very well in their precious 3-0 win over Nsoatreman FC.
MIDFIELDERS
Elisha Owusu also played all minutes in AJ Auxurre's 1-3 win over Olympique Marseille.
Ibrahim Sulemana was an unused substitute in Atalanta'a 2-1 comeback win over Udinese Calcio in the Italian Serie A.
Abu Francis was brought on in the 66th minute to replace his compatriot Lawrence Agyekum but wasn't enough for Cercle Brugge who got pummelled by 0-5 against Club Brugge.
Emmanuel Antwi has already expressed elation following his Black Stars call-up and enjoyed full throttle in Asante Kotoko's painful 1-0 away defeat at Bechem United.
Michael Baidoo wasn't in action over the weekend but featured in Elfsborg IF's pulsating 1-1 draw against SC Braga in the UEFA Europa League last Thursday.
'Starboy' Kudus Mohammed hasn't been in action for the past weeks for West Ham United - who got held by Everton to a goalless draw last weekend due to suspension.
ATTACKERS
Ibrahim Osman was not in action for Feyenoord last Saturday and last appeared for only 45 minutes in their 1-3 home loss to RB Salzburg in the UEFA Champions League in the midweek.
Ernest Nuamah was a second half substitute for Olympique Lyon in their precious 1-0 home win over Saint-Etienne at the Groupama Stadium.
Joseph Paintsil scored in his last game for LA Galaxy in their emphatic 1-4 away win over Colorado Rapids in the Major League Soccer Playoffs.
Both Abdul Fatawu Issahaku and Jordan Ayew all made the starting line up for Leicester City who suffered a 3-0 away defeat against Manchester United last Sunday.
After having a descent game against Manchester City last week, Antoine Semenyo lasted the entire duration for AFC Bournemouth in their painful 3-2 away loss at Brentford.
Athletic Bilbao scored late to salvage a pulsating 1-1 draw away at Real Valladolid. Inaki Williams was left out of the squad due to injury and is currently doubtful for Ghana's coming games.
The Black Stars are expected to regroup later today to begin preparations towards their games against Angola on Friday, November 15, before they host Niger in three days time in Accra to wrap up the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers.
By: Iddriss Abdul Rahim
