{"id":21043,"date":"2019-06-20T15:08:59","date_gmt":"2019-06-20T15:08:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/?p=21043"},"modified":"2019-06-20T15:08:59","modified_gmt":"2019-06-20T15:08:59","slug":"kwadwo-asamoah-confirms-position-will-playing-2019-afcon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/kwadwo-asamoah-confirms-position-will-playing-2019-afcon\/","title":{"rendered":"Kwadwo Asamoah confirms the position he will be playing in the 2019 AFCON"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Kwadwo Asamoah confirms the position he will be playing in the 2019 AFCON<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>Kwadwo Asamoah has confirmed that he will play in midfield for the Black Stars at the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt.<\/h3>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7515973527815049\" data-ad-slot=\"5197133662\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><br \/>\nThe 30-year-old&#8217;s possible playing role with the Black Stars at the tournament had\u00a0become a major topic of discussion.<\/p>\n<p>Asamoah, who made his breakthrough as a midfielder with Italian club Udinese and\u00a0Ghana at the 2010 Africa Cup and Fifa World Cup, has played at left-back for most of the last six years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI&#8217;m a player that can play in so many roles on the field of play: I can be a midfielder, I can also support the attack, I can play at left-back and also left forward,&#8221; he told TV3.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I spoke with the [Ghana] coach [James Appiah] and told him he knows the qualities that I have and what I can do for this national team.<br \/>\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7515973527815049\" data-ad-slot=\"5197133662\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><br \/>\n\u201cSo we shared an idea and I told him he knows perfectly when I come to the midfield, I excel more than playing from the back because African football is totally different from [that of] Europe.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Asamoah&#8217;s role on the left side of defence began during his time under Antonio Conte at\u00a0Juventus.<\/p>\n<p>At new club Internazionale, he is mainly deployed at the back.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn Europe, the way we play depends on how the coach wants us to play but with African football, it&#8217;s more physical and there is no space, so with me playing from left-back, I will not find it easy,&#8221; Asamoah continued.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;So with what people know and what I know and what everyone knows, when it comes to the national team, I am always good when I play from the midfield so he also accepted and said &#8216;I will try and play you from the midfield&#8217; but in any situation or any case when we need help from the left-back I&#8217;m always there.\u201d<br \/>\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7515973527815049\" data-ad-slot=\"5197133662\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><br \/>\nAsamoah&#8217;s only left back stint for Ghana was at the 2014 Fifa World Cup in\u00a0Brazil\u00a0where the Black Stars exited the competition in the group stage.<\/p>\n<p>Ghana have been drawn against\u00a0Cameroon, Benin, and Guinea-Bissau in the group stage of the upcoming Afcon.<br \/>\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7515973527815049\" data-ad-slot=\"5197133662\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Source: ghanasoccernet<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kwadwo Asamoah confirms the position he will be playing in the 2019 AFCON Kwadwo Asamoah has confirmed that he will play in midfield for the Black Stars at the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt. The 30-year-old&#8217;s possible playing role with the Black Stars at the tournament had\u00a0become a major topic of discussion. 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