{"id":338872,"date":"2011-03-25T16:24:32","date_gmt":"2011-03-25T16:24:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/25\/ghana-fa-invites-stephen-appiah-as-special-guest-for-england-friendly\/"},"modified":"2011-03-25T16:24:32","modified_gmt":"2011-03-25T16:24:32","slug":"ghana-fa-invites-stephen-appiah-as-special-guest-for-england-friendly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/25\/ghana-fa-invites-stephen-appiah-as-special-guest-for-england-friendly\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghana Fa Invites Stephen Appiah As Special Guest For England Friendly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div readability=\"86\">\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\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/5ea3f515iah-picture.jpg.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-25832\" title=\"Ghana FA invites Stephen Appiah as special guest for England friendly\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/5ea3f515iah-picture.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"Ex-captain Stephen Appiah has been invited as the special guest of the Ghana Football Association for Tuesday\u2019s historic friendly against England.\" width=\"262\" height=\"345\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Stephen Appiah will be the Ghana FA&#8217;s special guest for the England friendly<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Ex-captain Stephen Appiah has been invited as the special guest of the Ghana Football Association for Tuesday\u2019s historic friendly against England.<\/p>\n<p>GFA boss Kwesi Nyantakyi ordered the inclusion of the Cesena midfielder as a member of the country\u2019s delegation to the game at Wembley.<\/p>\n<p>Appiah nearly broke down in tears when the GFA informed him of the decision.<\/p>\n<p>The ex-captain of the Black Stars will join the GFA\u2019s delegation in London on Monday, a day before the match.<\/p>\n<p>Appiah is revered in Ghana for his role in helping to revive the Black Stars team that was\u00a0previously divided along factional lines.<\/p>\n<p>He helped the country to qualify for their first two World Cups and Nyantakyi says those who serve the country whole-heartedly must be rewarded.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAppiah has played a major role in what the Black Stars has become today and we think for his work for mother Ghana he must be part of this historic team,\u201d Ghana FA boss Kwesi Nyantakyi said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want the other players in the squad to see that when you serve your country with all your heart, your country will recognise and reward you.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis will spur this generation and the next generations on\u00a0to serve their country sincerely for us to continue to have good results.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAppiah is a hero for Ghana and Ghana recognises that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Cesena player was touched by the gesture of the Ghana FA boss and reveals he nearly broke down in tears.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI received a call from the Ghana FA protocol director who announced to me that I am part of the GFA\u2019s delegation to England,\u201d Appiah said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was so moved by this big gesture from the GFA that I felt like crying. We only came to serve the people our country and I am touched that the people appreciate the service we gave them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to thank Mr Nyantakyi, Mr Fred Pappoe, my ex-Black Stars team-mates and the people of Ghana for giving me the opportunity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow let\u2019s beat Congo on Sunday, defeat England on Tuesday and Ghana will continue to rise.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ghana play Congo in the vital African Cup of Nations qualifier on Sunday before the game with England.<\/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\/5ea3f515iah-picture.jpg-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Read the article:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/ghanasoccernet.com\/2011\/03\/ghana-fa-invites-stephen-appiah-as-special-guest-for-england-friendly\/\" title=\"Ghana Fa Invites Stephen Appiah As Special Guest For England Friendly\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ghana Fa Invites Stephen Appiah As Special Guest For England Friendly<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Welcome to Ghanasoccernet.com, Ghana&#8217;s most authoritative football news website. Stephen Appiah will be the Ghana FA&#8217;s special guest for the England friendly Ex-captain Stephen Appiah has been invited as the special guest of the Ghana Football Association for Tuesday\u2019s historic friendly against England<\/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-338872","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>Ghana Fa Invites Stephen Appiah As Special Guest For England Friendly - 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\/25\/ghana-fa-invites-stephen-appiah-as-special-guest-for-england-friendly\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Ghana Fa Invites Stephen Appiah As Special Guest For England Friendly - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Welcome to Ghanasoccernet.com, Ghana&#039;s most authoritative football news website. 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