{"id":309579,"date":"2011-03-14T23:00:46","date_gmt":"2011-03-14T23:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/14\/michael-essien-may-play-against-congo\/"},"modified":"2011-03-14T23:00:46","modified_gmt":"2011-03-14T23:00:46","slug":"michael-essien-may-play-against-congo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/14\/michael-essien-may-play-against-congo\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Essien May Play Against Congo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div>Ghana\u2019s Black Stars trainer, Goran Stevannvic has not completely ruled out a quicker international return for Chelsea midfielder, Michael Essien.<\/p>\n<p>Essien has excused himself from the Black Stars double-decker<br \/>against Congo and England later this month, but the Stars trainer has<br \/>yet to take any definite decision on him. Plavi as the Serb is known told GNA Sports that he will confirm on the participation of the Stars\u2019 midfielder in the next few days. \u201cI should be able to confirm if he will be available in the next few days,\u201d said Plavi.<\/p>\n<p>The response by the coach is in contrast to reports that Essien<br \/>will not be part of the team as far as the Congo and England games are<br \/>concerned. The Coach said the Chelsea midfielder has willingly expressed his desire to return to national team at a meeting last held with him recently. \u201cEssien is a very good player and likes Ghana very much. My first impression while speaking with him was that he is interested in playing for the national team and I know it will be soon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Chelsea midfielder has not played for the Black Stars after<br \/>sustaining an injury at the 2010 Africa Cup of Nation in Angola. The injury subsequently forced him to miss the FIFA World Cup later in South Africa and series of matches for his club, Chelsea.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/201ed65bget.media_487-150x90.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>[Read more here|View the original here|More|More|Read More|Read More|Read More|Read More|Continued here|More here|View original post here|More|See more here|See original article|Originally posted here|Visit site|See the original post||See the original article here|Read the original post|Original post|Read the article|See more here|Read the original|Link|Excerpt from|Taken from|View post|Visit link|Follow this link|Continue reading here|Continue Reading|See the article here|Read this article|View article|<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Ghana\u2019s Black Stars trainer, Goran Stevannvic has not completely ruled out a quicker international return for Chelsea midfielder, Michael Essien. Essien has excused himself from the Black Stars double-decker against Congo and England later this month, but the Stars trainer has yet to take any definite decision on him. Plavi as the Serb is known told GNA Sports that he will confirm on the participation of the Stars\u2019 midfielder in the next few days. <\/p>\n","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-309579","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Michael Essien May Play Against Congo - 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\/2011\/03\/14\/michael-essien-may-play-against-congo\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Michael Essien May Play Against Congo - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Ghana\u2019s Black Stars trainer, Goran Stevannvic has not completely ruled out a quicker international return for Chelsea midfielder, Michael Essien. 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