Kevin-Prince Boateng, the Black Stars’ attacker, has highlighted the determining aspect for Ghana at the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa.
After joining the likes of Cameroon and Senegal in the quarter-finals of the Mundial, Ghana became a beacon of hope for African football in the FIFA World Cup’s history.
Kevin-Prince Boateng, a key member of Ghana’s 2010 World Cup squad, spoke on the team’s victory in Twitter Space, praising the older players’ unselfish approach.
He claimed that one of the factors that allowed them to perform was Stephen Appiah’s choice, who was the captain of the team at the time, to take the back seat and let the young guys to play.
“In 2014, our squad was must stronger but in 2010, we were a team and we played as a team. People accepted to be on the bench and big players like Stephen Appiah who knew that it was time for the younger players to play accepted the decision and supported them.
He went on to say that the senior players gave up personal profits in order for the squad to fulfill its collective aim of winning the tournament and making Ghanaians proud.
“They were there supporting us even though they were not playing regularly and that’s what the current Black Stars needed but they don’t have the spirit and togetherness, “Kevin-Prince Boateng said in an interview on a Twitter space.
