Asamoah Gyan crowned BBC African Footballer of the Year

 

 

 

Gyan crowned BBC African Footballer of the YearAsamoah Gyan has been named the BBC African Footballer of the Year for 2010 after his outstanding performances for club and country. 

Gyan was overwhelming choice of fans in the web and text poll by fans of African football who voted for him ahead of his compatriot Andre Ayew, the Ivory Coast pair of Didier Drogba and Yahya Toure and the Cameroon great Samuel Eto’o.

He will now jet off to Cairo for the CAF version of the awards confident he can add that to the BBC honour.

Gyan has been rewarded in many ways for brilliant 2010 when he was the figurehead for Ghana as they flew aloft the flag of Ghana at the World Cup.

He scored three crucial goals against Serbia and Australia that were responsible for Ghana’s four points in the group stages and the goal that took them into the quarter final stage at the expense of the USA.

He will later miss the penalty kick that would have earned Ghana a place in the semi finals of the tournament at the expense of Uruguay but that has done little to hide that fact that he has had a fantastic year.

The world cup heroics came after he had scored three goals for Ghana at the Nations Cup in Angola that took them to the final of the tournament for the first time since 1992.

At club level he hit thirteen goals for Stade Rennes before moving to Sunderland for whom he has scored six goals for far.

He is the third Ghanaian after defender Samuel Osei Kuffuor and midfielder Michael Essien to pick up the award

Inter on top of the world

 Inter Milan became the first Italian side to collect five major trophies in a single calendar year as they brushed aside TP Mazembe in the final of the Club World Cup.
Two goals in the space of five minutes early in the first half from Goran Pandev and Samuel Eto'o - who shook off an injury to play - put Inter in control, and Jonathan Biabiany completed the scoring five minutes from time.The victory will go some way to easing the pressure on Inter boss Rafael Benitez, who has underwhelmed since taking on the unenviable task of succeeding Jose Mourinho.Inter add the Club World Cup crown to their Champions League, Serie A, Italian cup and European Super Cup titles, emulating the achievement of Barcelona last year. Inter also won the Italian Supercup in pre-season.Mazembe, who had stunned Brazilian club Internacional to earn their place in the final, never threatened another upset.Eto'o, who had been expected to miss the match, laid on the 13th-minute opener for Pandev with a defence-splitting pass, and then got on the end of a pass from the outstanding Javier Zanetti to grab the second.Inter had further chances to finish off their Congolese opponents, but Diego Milito fluffed his lines after breaking the offside trip in the 24th minute and Muteba Kidiaba, who has enjoyed such a strong tournament, made the save.The goalkeeper would deny Milito again just before half-time before Mazembe enjoyed their best chance, Dioko Kaluyituka's powerful shot being blocked by Ivan Cordoba.In the second half, Maicon made a charging run only to see his shot strike the outside of the post.Kaluyituka then had another chance to halve the deficit but while attempting to round Julio Cesar, he was forced wide and the angle became too acute.He then forced a good save from Cesar with a strong volley, in what would prove to be Mazembe's final chance.It was left to Inter to wrap things up, substitute Biabiany doing just that, timing his run superbly before beating Kidiaba