{"id":262551,"date":"2010-06-08T10:17:42","date_gmt":"2010-06-08T10:17:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/xmlimport\/index.php\/2010\/06\/08\/african-advantage-slim-john-mensah\/"},"modified":"2010-06-08T10:17:42","modified_gmt":"2010-06-08T10:17:42","slug":"african-advantage-slim-john-mensah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2010\/06\/08\/african-advantage-slim-john-mensah\/","title":{"rendered":"African Advantage Slim &#8211; John Mensah"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span><img class=\"caption\" http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/images\/june2010\/john mensah.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" John Mensah\" title=\" John Mensah\" align=\"left\" \/>Lyon defender John Mensah has warned  his Ghana team-mates that the advantage of playing on African soil at  the World Cup will only <\/p>\n<p>count for so much.<\/p>\n<p>The Black Stars open  their campaign against Serbia on Sunday with Mensah hoping the side can  overcome the loss of key midfielder Michael Essien and qualify from  Group D, which also contains Australia and Germany.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But just  because it&#8217;s in Africa doesn&#8217;t mean an African team is going to win it.  It&#8217;s not just African teams competing, it&#8217;s the whole world.&#8221; Mensah  told The Journal newspaper.<\/p>\n<p>He added: &#8220;You have to focus on what  you are going to do. It won&#8217;t be easy for any team.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As an  African team we need to be determined and focused.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We don&#8217;t need  to think that because it&#8217;s in Africa we&#8217;ll have things our own way, we  need to determine that ourselves.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It won&#8217;t be easy but my  colleagues and I are all determined to help our nation to deliver at the  World Cup.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-262551","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>African Advantage Slim - John Mensah - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2010\/06\/08\/african-advantage-slim-john-mensah\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"African Advantage Slim - John Mensah - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ghanamma\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@ghanamma\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2010\\\/06\\\/08\\\/african-advantage-slim-john-mensah\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2010\\\/06\\\/08\\\/african-advantage-slim-john-mensah\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"\",\"@id\":\"\"},\"headline\":\"African Advantage Slim &#8211; 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