Ghana defender Pantsil praises players attitude ahead of Malawi clash
Posted On Thursday, 11th October 2012
John Pantsil is happy with the positive attitude of his colleagues ahead of the Malawi clash
By Patrick Akoto
Ghana John Pantsil has praised the attitude of his colleagues ahead of this weekend’s decisive 2013 African Cup of Nations qualifier against Malawi.
The Black Stars have been putting the paces together at their camping base in Nairobi ahead of Saturday’s showdown with The Flames in Lilongwe.
Head coach Kwesi Appiah has been supervising the team’s training schedule and the experienced right back, who is making a return to the team after an eight months absence is delighted with the positive mentality of his teammates.
“Everyone is ready to kill himself for the whole nation. The new coach has also brought in new ideas which is helping the boys,” Pantsil said
“The training, technique and facilities have been fantastic. The new technique that coach Kwesi Appiah has brought is going to help the players.
“I am very happy to see that everything has changed. When you come to the training grounds, you will not see or recognize who is a professional and who is a local player and this is what I wanted to see.
“The unity is there, discipline is there and I am very happy to see that.”
The Black Stars must protect their hold of their 2-0 advantage from the first recorded at the Accra sports stadium last month.
The Hapoel Tel Aviv defender has meanwhile surrendered the Black Stars captaincy to striker Asamoah Gyan.
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Hahaha finished player. Failed to impress in the EPL.
He played 5 years in the EPL as a starter! How many Zambians have accomplished that. He also played in the Europa league final with Fulham! NO Zambian dog will ever accomplish this. Now he is still playing at the Europa league level!!
Meanwhile zambia playrs r benchwarmin in epl hahaha.
Exactly! A team whose best player is a bench warmer at Southampton has the audacity to come bark at Ghana? hahhahhahahhahahahahahaha
Their next level best players play at TP Mazembe! A team that could not beat Berekum Chelsea in 2 legs!!!
How many times have Berekum Chelsea won the African champions league? Does Berekum Chelsea have a private jet? Has Berekum Chelsea played in the finals of the world club championship before? I guess very few people eve know about such a team.TP Mazembe is an African soccer powerhouse whether you like it or not.Typical of inferiority complex from the Ghanaians of thinking playing in Europe is everything. TP Mazembe is a team all African people should be proud of. Now run along and crawl back to your shit hole in ACCRA or where ever you are blogging from.
Hey Zambia man Di wo fie as3m.he can even play for ur mother or father it doesn’t concern u..baboo!
Hahahahaha they r jokes.
Hohohoho Mayuka has played in the Europa league what’s the big deal? Zambian players with TP Mazembe have played and reached the finals of the world club Championship. How many Ghanaians have achieved that? TP Mazembe is a team loaded with money. It owns a private jet, how many teams in Ghana or even Africa or better still Europe have that? For your own information Fred Mwila snr and Emment Kapengwe played for Aston Villa way back in 1967 I guess by then non of your players were even able to break into the English top flight league.Playing for top European leagues means nothing when it comes to AFCON. Egypt have won the AFCON back to back with a local coach and majority of local players for the simple reason that Egyptian league is competitive enough and players don’t have to go and play in Europe.
But TP Mazembe is not a Zambian team. Out of the over 40 players Mazembe has, only 8 are from Zambia. The World Club Championship only started 5 years ago asshole. Obuasi Goldfields alone thrump the achievements of TP Mazembe yet alone Accra Hearts of Oak and Kumasi Asante Kotoko. Private Jets. Pfff like that is a great achievement. Am sorry but many Ghanaians in the 60′s were playing for important teams like marseille, leeds, munich not whack ass villa. So before you taunt, check your facts idiot. Plus if you want to insult Ghanaians do it on your own website. IDIOT
Is TP Mazembe a Zambian team? Where are the Zambian teams? You better use your energy to stop the Chinese that are killing your people rather than using it hear to talk about what you know nothing about.
Certainly TP Mazembe is not a Zambian team but a number of our players are playing there and a such we as Zambians are proud to stand up and defend the club when sick f.u.c.k.s like you want to discredit it. Talking about Zambian teams we have Power dynamos who btw won the 1991 African cup winners cup. Nkana, Green buffaloes football club, Zesco utd etc and so???
Are you not ashamed of yourself? claiming something that doesn’t belongs to Zambia. How old are you?
When did you start watching soccer, 2012 AFCON?
You can learn a lot from this website if you humble yourself.
Pantsil always likes to talk, give all the interviews, lead the prayers, dance, do flag rounds. But on the pitch, hmmm i don’t know.
Brekum chelsea first champions league n wit all ur expernce stil couldnt score dem.brekum chelsea is richer dan any team in zambia.how is da zambia league doin my frnd.dnt try to b a dr congo citizen jus because u feel embarrsd bout zambia. U will watch ghana in brazil on ur tv mark my words.playn in europe is evrythng dnt lie to urself da best compete wit the best.u r jealous of da successful blakstar playrs.go fish in da zambezi..u wnt let u disgrace africa in brazil.dr congo never been to da wc tho thy hv most tp mazembe playrs.tp cant compre itself to al ahly.its takes technically smart foriegn based players to.make an impression in da wc.
Do not waste your time, TP Mazembe has nothing to do with Zambia. It’s a Congolese team full of other nationals.
DRC former Zaire is the first African country to go to the World Cup when Ghana refused to represent Africa but protested against a sole African candidacy. Zaire were humiliated by 11-0, 9-0, 9-0. Since that incidence they yet to qualify. True Story.
Zambian league is doing very fine thanx. Where do you think all the current Zambian players came from? We are proud of our league because it is the backbone and future of our national team. A lot of promising youngsters are being produced. We have teams like Zesco utd, Power dynamos, Nchanga rangers, Nkana football etc.
Please, humble yourself because Zambia’s Coach has said ” Zambia is not a great football country and you are not the best team in Africa”
You just won your first AFCON after 50 years of independence. Has Zambia ever represented Africa on any international stage before?
Nchanga rangers sounds lyk rebels to me is chris katongo their captain?.nevr heard of these funny teams but I bet uhv heard of kotoko,hearts of oak,brekum chelsea,liberty prof n co..ur backbone is not strong enuf.how strng is yr youth teams? If u hv any.
The coach of Zambia is disappointed of lack of talents in Zambia. It took Zambia 50 years to win first AFCON, yet boasting and bragging in football.
They may not even qualify for 2013 Afcon, and they here mouthing. What is about Ghana that Zambia and Nigeria are so jealous and envy of us?
Ghana is blessed with abundance of talents both home and abroad, there is nothing anybody can do about it.
Fuck all Zambia braggers who think they are better than Ghana.when was de last time Zambia played in an international competition. U think say ibi okro mouth we dey carry am go.
WHEN IS THE LAST TIME GHANA WON THE AFRICA CUP? 30 YEARS AGO WHEN I WAS BORN. YOU HAVE NO SILVERWARE TO YOUR NAME FOR THE LAST 30 YEARS, SHAME ON YOU! ZAMBIA HAS A BETTER HEAD TO HEAD RECORD AND YOU KNOW IT. DO NOT BRAG ABOUT THE AFOCN YOU WON IN THE 50′S AND 60′S BECAUSE ONLY 6 TEAMS WERE PLAYING IN THOSE EDITIONS, EVEN ETHIOPIA AND SUDAN HAVE WON THOSE EARLIER EDITIONS. SENEGAL REACHED THE QUARTER FINALS OF THE WORLD CUP AND YET DO NOT HAVE A TROPHY TO THEIR NAME SO WHAT IS THE BIG DEAL? GHANA IS NOT THE FIRST AFRICAN TEAM TO GO TO THE WORLD CUP NEITHER WILL IT BE THE LAST. JUST SWALLOW YOUR PRIDE AND ADMIT THAT YOU ARE NOT THAT GREAT!
Zambia’s coach is trying to be modest.Everybody knows that Zambia is a great African footballing nation.We are the only country in Southern Africa to produce an African footballer of the year. Probably this year the award will go to a Zambian again.Great Kalu is one of the all time great footballers Africa has produced. So what do you mean that Zambia doesn’t have talent? In fact Kalusha is not even considered the best player Zambia has produced, the late Godfrey Ucar Chitalu is considered to the greatest Zambian footballer. The Zambian team of the 60′s,70′s 80′s even the one that perished in Gabon all had very good and talented players. You saw how our players shined at the recent 2012 AFCON. If that is not talent and good skill then your notion of talent or skill is rather sick and twisted.
Number of teams dnt mattr we hv more trophy’s dan u,we hv wae more talent dan ur crappy team.if liftn da afcon is wat u cal silverware den u hv one a lucky one if u ask me..we placed 2nd in egypt 3rd in gh won da under 20 both africa n world u dnt cal dat silverware? U r a dumbass.u cnt compare kalusha to abedi not even dat ur ucar hu da hell is he? zambias ahievmnt consist of one afcon,one!..ur best teams was in 60s n 70s n couldnt win da afcon wen it was 6 teams participatin..listn to ur zambian coach he knws wat hes sayn,gh hv too much quality al over da place ur benchwarmers in epl bettr com bk to nchanga rangers.wher were was zambia wen were raisn africa high in previous wc?.u will neva go to da wcorld cup.stop defendn other countries stick to zambia so u cn keep braggn bout ur once in ur lyftym afcon.
Hohohoho what about your ASSAMOAH GYAN where is he playing? Ghana is a non entity stop living in the past glory. At the present time you are underachivers. Even Malawi is going to whip your asses tomorrow. For your own information Zambia was not yet born when Ghana won the first two easy editions with 3 teams or whatever, kekekekekeke.Might I remind you that our bench warmer scored a classic goal against you which lead to your fall from glory, won the golden boot award, more known than you and probably earns more money than you will ever do in your miserable life!!
Gyimii gyan was a startr in sunderland ur great mayuka is switchn butt cheeks on da bench haha..u mean zambia is underachievers u wil always b,oh zambia was not born dat explains evrything,villagers ghana has been da top dog wen da whyt were fuckn u up n dey stil are. …u zambia pigs keep bringn da past.i c mayuka is ur star playr,ur star playr need first team action hahahahaha u kal dat a classic goal,u didnt hv tv wen ghana beat usa in SA so go to youtube n check out gyans goal..mayuka hu da fuck is mayuka hahaha stop tryna make him a star he is nobody.lmao he wil b a ball boy if he was in gh.gyan makes more money dan any of ur players he makn his league famous if it wasnt fo him u wouldnt hv heard of al ain,u broke bitches.2012afcon mayuka dats al u know.uganda hv an amzin home record if u dnt knw,ghana wil trash uganda 5nil,dey wil kick u out n we wil finsh ur wc dreams.ur playrs r itchn to play at da wc villagers.u wnt go anywher u cnt go n disgrace africa.mayuka mayuka hahahahaha go check da caiber of playrs in da blakstar squad.y do increase a players military rank rank wen its soccer not war.u ppl dnt know wat u are doin in zambia I feel sorry fo u guys governmnt would hv punishd u if u didnt bring da afcon home.gahahahahahaha tel ur govnmnnt to stop wastn moni on ur rubber bullets.racist man
Lol, you are right Gyan WAS a starter but hey shit happens. You havn’t even answered my question so i will end there, kekekekeke.You will finish our dreams? Within a space of 5 months we have beaten you twice what makes you think the status quo will change? Kekekeke what would Mayuka be doing in that rubbish dump of yours you call a country?
haaaaaaaaaa Dnt end mr.rubber bullet keep repeatn u winin da afcon,once in a lyf tym achievemnt..ur star man mayuka is switch butt cheeks on da bench.ur team is crap u knw it.u hv no youth team supportn ur current oldmen. Mayuka n afcon 2012 braggers.we hv more silverware zambia wil neva hv in a 1000yrs we r wae ahead of u..go n check da classic goals by gyan free kicks n shit,haha mayuka nevr convertd a free kick in his career he wil soon b loand to nchaga fc or watevr dey demselves..haaaaaha kampala is waitin fo u..
HNMMM COULD YOU PLEASE SHUT THAT STINKING MOUTH OF YOURS A BIT,@mulondwe muzungu
Ghana should consider changing their name from black stars to black baboons. Honestly how can a star which is black shine?
Its a metaphor u dumbo,ghana shyn wherevr we go…u already knw dis mr rubber bullet..