{"id":368364,"date":"2011-03-31T17:05:02","date_gmt":"2011-03-31T17:05:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/31\/%e2%80%98england-goal-for-fans%e2%80%99\/"},"modified":"2011-03-31T17:05:02","modified_gmt":"2011-03-31T17:05:02","slug":"england-goal-for-fans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/31\/england-goal-for-fans\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018England Goal For Fans\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"82.779137839276\">\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/0c8f3592samoah_gyan.jpg.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7169\" title=\"asamoah_gyan\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/0c8f3592samoah_gyan.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"268\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Asamoah Gyan<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Asamoah \u2018Baby Jet\u2019 Gyan says he is dedicating Tuesday night\u2019s goal against England to Ghana fans.<\/p>\n<p>He indicated that the support the team received during the game was massive indeed and that it was \u201cenough to make every player die a little for his country\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>In last Tuesday\u2019s international friendly between Ghana and England, Gyan crowned a wonderful night with a fantastic 90-minute goal to draw his country level.<\/p>\n<p>In the dying embers of the game, when everyone thought England was going to carry the day, \u2018Baby Jet\u2019 fired a left-footer that went straight into the net, to leave the scores, Ghana 1, England 1.<\/p>\n<p>A deafening sound greeted the goal, and for about 10 minutes after the match was over, Ghana fans were still in the stadium chanting and singing.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with DAILY GUIDE SPORTS at the mixed zone of the Wembley Stadium in London, after the game, the Sunderland striker said when the game was drawing to an end, he thought the team had to \u2018come up with some magic\u2019 to ensure that the Ghana fans, some of whom had travelled about 6,000 kilometers to watch the titanic encounter, did not go home empty-handed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe (the Black Stars) just could not disappoint these fans. Some have travelled from different parts of England and Europe; even some from Ghana, just to watch the game in a cold weather. We just had to make them happy,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He expressed his appreciation also to fans back home in Ghana who could not make it, saying, \u201cI\u2019m sure at least the draw will make them a little bit happy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Baby Jet\u2019 Gyan said the score line for Tuesday\u2019s game would also enhance the image of Ghanaian footballers in England and other parts of Europe, stressing that \u201cthis could go a long way to produce players in the future that are better than us; and that is good for Ghana soccer\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>From Muniru Kassim, London<\/strong><\/em>\n<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/0c8f3592samoah_gyan.jpg-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Original post:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dailyguideghana.com\/?p=7544\" title=\"\u2018England Goal For Fans\u2019\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u2018England Goal For Fans\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Asamoah Gyan Asamoah \u2018Baby Jet\u2019 Gyan says he is dedicating Tuesday night\u2019s goal against England to Ghana fans. He indicated that the support the team received during the game was massive indeed and that it was \u201cenough to make every player die a little for his country\u201d. In last Tuesday\u2019s international friendly between Ghana and England, Gyan crowned a wonderful night with a fantastic 90-minute goal to draw his country level<\/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-368364","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>\u2018England Goal For Fans\u2019 - 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\/england-goal-for-fans\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"\u2018England Goal For Fans\u2019 - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Asamoah Gyan Asamoah \u2018Baby Jet\u2019 Gyan says he is dedicating Tuesday night\u2019s goal against England to Ghana fans. 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