Michael Essien of Ghana celebrates his design with John Pantstil, Hans Adu Sarpei, and Manuel “Junor” Agogo all around the Community A, 2008 CAF African Cup of Nations match between Ghana and Morocco at the Ohene Djan Stadium in Accra, Ghana, West Africa. (Checklist by ben radford/Corbis through Getty Pictures)
Dilapidated Ghana midfielder,Michael Essien says theMurky Stars had been unlucky now to not win the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) match.
Essien remains one of many acceptable gamers to please in ever played for the senior national crew. He played from 2002 and 2012 earlier than placing up his boots as some distance as global soccer was concerned.
The inclined midfielder is famously remembered taking half in serving to the crew to attain the semifinals of the AFCON hosted in Ghana as effectively as the final of the 2010 edition, which they in a roundabout diagram lost to Egypt.
Talking in an interview with Sporty FM, Essien says it unruffled ‘hurts’ to know they had been unable to win any silverware for the national crew.
“Sure, [it hurts that we didn’t win a trophy] because we had been so unlucky with the AFCON 2008. We acquired so shut, but it completely didn’t happen,” the inclined Chelsea midfielder acknowledged.
“We could well likely delight in liked to win one thing for the nation, but it completely didn’t happen, and we had to switch on,” he added.
Since his retirement from the national crew, the Murky Stars delight in reached the final of the AFCON as soon as (2015), where they lost to Côte d’Ivoire on penalties.
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