{"id":352142,"date":"2011-03-31T10:07:00","date_gmt":"2011-03-31T10:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/31\/chelsea-midfielder-yossi-benayoun-cannot-wait-to-start-a-game-after-recovering-from-injury-nightmare\/"},"modified":"2011-03-31T10:07:00","modified_gmt":"2011-03-31T10:07:00","slug":"chelsea-midfielder-yossi-benayoun-cannot-wait-to-start-a-game-after-recovering-from-injury-nightmare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/31\/chelsea-midfielder-yossi-benayoun-cannot-wait-to-start-a-game-after-recovering-from-injury-nightmare\/","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea midfielder Yossi Benayoun &#8216;cannot wait to start a game&#8217; after recovering from injury nightmare"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By Adithya Ananth<\/h3>\n<h4>31 Mar 2011 11:07:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"56.661688980433\">\n<div readability=\"14.8125\">\n<div>\n                <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Yossi Benayoun , Chelsea (Getty images) \" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/0ff7aa73114164_news.jpg.jpg\" \/><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Yossi Benayoun , Chelsea (Getty images) <\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>        <span readability=\"15.576826196474\"><\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/96\/chelsea\">Chelsea<\/a> midfielder <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/israel\/1690\/yossi-shai-benayoun\">Yossi Benayoun<\/a> is ecstatic to have made a return to playing competitive football.<\/p>\n<p>The 30-year-old underwent knee surgery last October and has remained on the sidelines since, but he recently returned to play for 20 minutes in Israel&#8217;s victorious Euro 2012 qualifier against Georgia.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I was just so happy when the coach told me I could get back on the pitch again after so long out,&#8221; Benayoun told reporters.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I knew I couldn&#8217;t have played for 90 minutes but felt I could play for 20 or 30 at a high level.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I can&#8217;t wait to start a game again.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Benayoun joined Chelsea from Liverpool last summer in a deal reported to be in the region of \u00a35.5 million.<\/p>\n<p>        <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/0ff7aa73114164_news.jpg-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Read the original:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/03\/31\/2419428\/chelsea-midfielder-yossi-benayoun-cannot-wait-to-start-a\" title=\"Chelsea midfielder Yossi Benayoun 'cannot wait to start a game' after recovering from injury nightmare\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chelsea midfielder Yossi Benayoun &#8216;cannot wait to start a game&#8217; after recovering from injury nightmare<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Adithya Ananth 31 Mar 2011 11:07:00 Yossi Benayoun , Chelsea (Getty images) Related Links Teams Players Chelsea midfielder Yossi Benayoun is ecstatic to have made a return to playing competitive football. The 30-year-old underwent knee surgery last October and has remained on the sidelines since, but he recently returned to play for 20 minutes in Israel&#8217;s victorious Euro 2012 qualifier against Georgia. &#8220;I was just so happy when the coach told me I could get back on the pitch again after so long out,&#8221; Benayoun told reporters. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-352142","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-business"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Chelsea midfielder Yossi Benayoun &#039;cannot wait to start a game&#039; after recovering from injury nightmare - 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\/31\/chelsea-midfielder-yossi-benayoun-cannot-wait-to-start-a-game-after-recovering-from-injury-nightmare\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Chelsea midfielder Yossi Benayoun &#039;cannot wait to start a game&#039; after recovering from injury nightmare - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"By Adithya Ananth 31 Mar 2011 11:07:00 Yossi Benayoun , Chelsea (Getty images) Related Links Teams Players Chelsea midfielder Yossi Benayoun is ecstatic to have made a return to playing competitive football. 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