Black Stars 1 VFB Stuttgart 1

Accra, April 26, GHP - Black Stars of Ghana held German Bundesliga side, VFB Stuttgart to a one all drawn game in an international friendly match played in W?rzburg, Germany.

Playing with a combination of both old and new players, the Stars took the lead in the 60 minute through Otto Addo. The FSV Mainz 05 forward, made use of a beautiful set up initiated by Haminu Dramani after the hard running attacker had cut through the defensive system of the German side.

The Stars did not rest on their oars but maintained a consistent pressure on Stuttgart to increase the tally but messed the few chances that came their way and allowed the Germans to dictate the pace in the latter parts of the game.

The pressure mounted by the German side paid off for them as D?ne Jon Dahl Tomasson snatched the equaliser in the latter stages of the game.

Brentford's Lloyd Owusu and Arminia Bielefeld's Isaac Boakye both limped off with injuries, but neither are thought to be serious.

The friendly in Germany was part of Ghana's preparations for the World Cup finals in June. It was a chance for coach Ratomir Dujkovic to look at players who did not feature at the African Cup of Nations in Egypt earlier this year.

Eric Addo, who plays for Dutch side PSV Eindhoven, got his first start since the 1998 Nations Cup in Burkina Faso.

Ghana now have friendlies against Russian clubs Terek Grozniy on 8 May, before taking on Anji Mahachkala three days later.

The deadline for final squads for the World Cup in Germany is 15 May.

Lineup(Ghana) --Richard Kingston; Aziz Ansah(Dan Quaye) - Habib Mohammed -Illiasu Alhassan - Issah Ahmed; Eric Addo - Otto Addo - Yusif Chibsah - Haminu Dramani(Bernard Dong Bortey ); Isaac Boakye(Nana Kwasi Asare) - Lloyd Owusu(Patrick Agyeman)

Stuttgart Line-up: Hildebrand - Hinkel, Meira (69. Gr?nkj?r), Delpierre (46. Magnin), Hitzlsperger (46. Gerber) - Mei?ner, Soldo (C), Tiffert, Bierofka - Nehrig (46. Cacau), Tomasson

PIC: Mohammed Habib (l) checks on Christian Tiffert