Christian Atsu: Supporters Celebrate Late Black Stars Player During Ghana Vs Angola Game

Christian Atsu: Supporters Celebrate Late Black Stars Player During Ghana Vs Angola Game

  • Some fans who watched Ghana vs Angola game at the Baba Yara stadium honoured the late Christian Atsu
  • A TikTok video showed how a section of the crowd paid tribute to the former Newcastle man by using his name to compose songs at the stadium
  • Netizens who reacted to the video thanked the supporters for the nice gesture done in honour of the late player

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It was a moment of joy seeing a section of supporters at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium in Kumasi eulogize the late Christian Atsu as the Ghana Black Stars played the Angolan national team in an African Cup of Nations qualifier.

A video which has since gone viral after the game showed the moment a group of young men in the stands opted to pay their respects to the late Ghana Black Stars winger by using his name to create 'jama' songs.

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Photos of fans at the Baba Yara Stadium
Ghanaian fans eulogize Atsu during Ghana vs Angola game Photo credit: @nanatuffour337 @blow_money1/ TikTok.com.
Source: TikTok

They also had a picture of him raised high as they sang in his honour and chanted his name with passion and vigour.

At the time of writing the report, the video had gathered over 16,000 likes and 500 comments

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Ghanaians commend passionate fans for eulogizing Atsu

The beautiful gesture by the passionate Ghanaian supporters, which was captioned 'RIP Atsu' has sparked huge reactions from netizens who commended them.

@khobbyperez:

We wanted to do the funeral in Kumasi but unfortunately, we didn't get to do that, so this is our way of showing love to him

@anishelle2:

I guess he is smiling wherever he is

@okaiwaa22:

Ghana here if we say we love we mean it

@emefa298:

I guess he is happy wherever he is , RIP senior

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Some Ghanaians thank Atsu for late goal against Angola

Earlier YEN.com.gh reported that some social media users have suggested that the late Christian Atsu had a hand in Ghana's victory against Angola in the AFCON qualifier.

This comes after a social media user called Gyan Pasco commented on a post by the Twitter influencer, Kalyjay, asking who the man of the match was, saying:

"Christian Atsu, I think he caused that last-minute magic goal from heavens "

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Philip Boateng Kessie (Human-Interest editor) Philip Boateng Kessie started writing for YEN.com.gh in 2022 and is the Head of the Human Interest desk. He has over six years of experience in journalism and graduated from the University of Cape Coast in 2018 with a bachelor's degree in Communication Studies. Philip previously served as a reporter for Graphic Communications Group Limited (GCGL) and as a content writer for Scooper News. He has a certificate in Google News Initiative News Lab courses in Advanced Digital Reporting and Fighting Misinformation. Email: philip.kessie@yen.com.gh.