″Against Portugal, Ghanaian players had bags of money in the locker room″
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Kwesi Appiah, Ghana’s coach at the 2014 World Cup, played in Brazil, took to social media to reveal what happened in the game against the National Team.
Portugal was in group H of the Qatar World Cup, integrated with Uruguay, South Korea and the result of the draw has already caused a controversy in the African country. Kwesi Appiah, selector of “black stars” at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, resorted to the networks to export that, in the match against the National Team, the Ghanaian players were only worried about money.
The 61-year-old explained that “in the game against Portugal (2-1 Portuguese victory), the players had bags of money in the locker room and that’s why they weren’t focused”. This accusation dropped like a bomb among the players who were part of that squad and Asamoah Gyan, captain and main figure of that, already came the story: “Yes, he had satellites in our bags. It is always necessary to find to blame”, next.
At the time, the Ghanaian national team players named Na case would not face Portugal did not receive the presence notice (in the amount of 100 thousand dollars) in notes at the hotel. To avoid this conflict, the government of Ghana sent to Brazil a means of transport from the Ministry of Sports, which had a conflict among the millions of athletes in order to define the three loyalty of the athletes. On that occasion, a photo of central defender John Boye (who scored an own goal in the duel against Portugal) was even shared with a pack of kisses, precisely in the hotel where the entourage was installed.