{"id":335791,"date":"2011-03-24T16:20:36","date_gmt":"2011-03-24T16:20:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/24\/drogba-insists-michael-essien-is-committed-to-ghana\/"},"modified":"2011-03-24T16:20:36","modified_gmt":"2011-03-24T16:20:36","slug":"drogba-insists-michael-essien-is-committed-to-ghana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/24\/drogba-insists-michael-essien-is-committed-to-ghana\/","title":{"rendered":"Drogba Insists Michael Essien Is Committed To Ghana"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div readability=\"59\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- google_ad_section_start -->Welcome to Ghanasoccernet.com, Ghana&#8217;s most authoritative football news website.<\/p>\n<div readability=\"7\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/65b0361eess2.jpg.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-25757\" title=\"Drogba insists Essien is committed to Ghana\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/65b0361eess2.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"Chelsea striker Didier Drogba has jumped to the defence of  his team-mate Michael Essien the midfielder loves the Ghana national team.\" width=\"285\" height=\"214\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Chelsea striker Didier Drogba has jumped to the defence of  his team-mate Michael Essien<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Chelsea striker Didier Drogba has jumped to the defence of\u00a0 his team-mate Michael Essien the midfielder loves the Ghana national team.<\/p>\n<p>Two serious knee injury Essien suffered while playing for the Black Stars nearly ended the Chelsea midfielder\u2019s career.<\/p>\n<p>His return to the Ghana fold has been a subject of debate with some accusing Essien of being unpatriotic.<\/p>\n<p>But his Ivorian team-mate says Essien is committed to the Black Stars<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think you have to understand that we are all proud to play for our country. He went through a very difficult moment with this knee injury,\u201d Drogba said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think rather than criticise him you guys should encourage him and show him the love.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou think a player like that doesn\u2019t want to play in the World Cup?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was big frustration for him not to play so you guys should support him because he is one of the best players in Africa.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ivory Coast are in Ghana ahead of their clash with Benin in an African Cup of Nations qualifier on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p><!-- google_ad_section_end --><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- \n\n<div><\/div>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n<div><\/div>\n\n --><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/65b0361eess2.jpg-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Read More:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/ghanasoccernet.com\/2011\/03\/drogba-insists-michael-essien-is-committed-to-ghana\/\" title=\"Drogba Insists Michael Essien Is Committed To Ghana\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Drogba Insists Michael Essien Is Committed To Ghana<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Welcome to Ghanasoccernet.com, Ghana&#8217;s most authoritative football news website. Chelsea striker Didier Drogba has jumped to the defence of his team-mate Michael Essien Chelsea striker Didier Drogba has jumped to the defence of\u00a0 his team-mate Michael Essien the midfielder loves the Ghana national team. <\/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-335791","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>Drogba Insists Michael Essien Is Committed To Ghana - 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\/24\/drogba-insists-michael-essien-is-committed-to-ghana\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Drogba Insists Michael Essien Is Committed To Ghana - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Welcome to Ghanasoccernet.com, Ghana&#039;s most authoritative football news website. 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