{"id":21418,"date":"2014-05-29T14:52:25","date_gmt":"2014-05-29T14:52:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=21418"},"modified":"2014-05-29T14:52:25","modified_gmt":"2014-05-29T14:52:25","slug":"asamoah-gyan-we-believe-in-kwesi-appiah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/05\/asamoah-gyan-we-believe-in-kwesi-appiah\/","title":{"rendered":"Asamoah Gyan: &#8220;We believe in Kwesi Appiah&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Black Stars captain Asamoah Gyan has revealed the belief \u00a0of his team-mates in coach Kwesi Appiah ahead of the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil.<\/p>\n<p>Appiah is the first Ghanaian coach to fully handle the senior team at the game&#8217;s biggest competition but Gyan believes the former assistant coach is very capable of leading the team to glory despite his background as a local tactician.<\/p>\n<p>&#8221; We have seen different coaches with different tactics and it does not matter whether the coach is of a local kind or not.<\/p>\n<p>The players are there to work for him and the nation and to listen to his tactical guidance and we are very ready to do that.<\/p>\n<p>Above all, he is Ghanaian and that means he understands us very well and knows how to get us going&#8221;, Gyan said in an interview with GH One Television.<\/p>\n<p>Appiah oversaw the team&#8217;s qualification to Brazil with some good performances especially the massive 6-1 victory over Egypt in the final round play-offs and Gyan indicated that there is a lot of confidence on the side of the playing body for the coach.<\/p>\n<p>&#8221; Everything has worked out well so far under the coach.He listens to us all the time and he has a good working relationship with us.<\/p>\n<p>He adds the experience he has acquired over the years to what we talk about and it helps.<\/p>\n<p>We like how things have gone and we appreciate him. We think he is a great person.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Gyan and his team-mates are currently in Holland for the team&#8217;s pre-World Cup training camp and will face the Dutch national team in a friendly match on Saturday, 31st May at the De Kuip Stadium in Rotterdam.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>By: Nathan Quao\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Black Stars captain Asamoah Gyan has revealed the belief \u00a0of his team-mates in coach Kwesi Appiah ahead of the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil. 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