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Swansea City manager delighted as Andre Ayew thrives as No.9

By ghanasoccernet.com
Sports News Swansea City manager delighted as Andre Ayew thrives as No.9
JUL 24, 2016 LISTEN

Swansea City manager Francesco Guidolin is happy with Andre Ayew performance as a false No.9 in pre-season.

The Italian manager selected the Ghana international to lead the lines in Saturday's friendly win over Bristol Rovers.

Ayew opened the scoring with a superb free-kick before Leroy Fer, Stephen Kingsley and Kyle Naughton netted to give the Swans a 4-0 first half lead.

Rovers pulled one back after the break through Luke James, before Wayne Routledge had the final say in a game that saw the Swans use all 18 players of the matchday squad.

'I am pleased with our performance,' said Guidolin. 'We played well in both halves in a period that can be a bit up and down.

'We scored five goals and played a good game, especially for pre-season, against a good team.

'I am very happy because the group worked well together. We wanted to play with Andre (Ayew) as the false nine forward today, which was something that worked well for us during the last part of last season.'

Watch Francesco Guidolin talk about Andre Ayew in his interview (start from 1:00secs)

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