Ghana to play China in international friendly

 ACCRA, July 20 (Xinhua) -- Ghana' s senior national male soccer team, the Black Stars, have lined up an international friendly against China next month, the Ghana Football Association (GFA) announced here on Friday.

The match will be played in Beijing on August 15, the GFA said in a release.

Ghana will use the match as a warm-up for the upcoming 2013 African Cup of Nations qualifier at home against Malawi in September as well as the second leg in October in Blantyre to secure a place in the continental¹ tournament due in South Africa early next year.

Ghana trounced Lesotho 7-0 at home on June 1 to begin its 2014 World Cup qualifying campaign on a brighter note.

The West African nation however succumbed² 0-1 to African Champions Zambia in Ndola last month in the second round of matches towards the FIFA senior world cup tournament to be held in Brazil next year.

Ghana is ranked 33 in the latest FIFA world ranking while China placed 68th in the June edition of the rankings.

1 continental   

adj.大陆的，大陆性的，欧洲大陆的

参考例句：

• A continental climate is different from an insular one.大陆性气候不同于岛屿气候。
• The most ancient parts of the continental crust are 4000 million years old.大陆地壳最古老的部分有40亿年历史。

2 succumbed   

不再抵抗（诱惑、疾病、攻击等）( succumb的过去式和过去分词 )； 屈从； 被压垮； 死

参考例句：

• The town succumbed after a short siege. 该城被围困不久即告失守。
• After an artillery bombardment lasting several days the town finally succumbed. 在持续炮轰数日后，该城终于屈服了。