{"id":432218,"date":"2017-10-31T00:52:03","date_gmt":"2017-10-31T00:52:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/10\/31\/essiens-long-career-down-to-discipline-derek-boateng\/"},"modified":"2017-10-31T00:52:03","modified_gmt":"2017-10-31T00:52:03","slug":"essiens-long-career-down-to-discipline-derek-boateng","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/10\/31\/essiens-long-career-down-to-discipline-derek-boateng\/","title":{"rendered":"Essien\u2019s long career down to discipline &#8211; Derek Boateng"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Sports News of Monday, 30 October 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>citifmonline.com<\/p>\n<p>2017-10-30<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/32276642.295.jpg\" alt=\"Michael Essien 44\" title=\"Michael Essien 44\" width=\"295\" height=\"221\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Michael Essien<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=150909143345973\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=150909143345973\"><br \/>\n\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/1509411123_327_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> Retired Black Stars midfielder Derek Boateng believes handwork and discipline are the reasons behind Michael Essien\u2019s long and successful career.<\/p>\n<p>At his peak Essien was considered one of the best central midfielder\u2019s in the world and spent his prime years playing for Chelsea where he won the Champions League before later moving on to play with Real Madrid and Ac Milan.<\/p>\n<p>These days he plies his trade in the Indonesian top flight with Persib Bandung and has already found the bag of the net 5 times in 27 appearances.<\/p>\n<p>Boateng does not appear surprised that at age 34 Essien is still going strong in his club career.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis guy is so professional you have no idea.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen we all went to Europe most of the time he declined to come home with us for holidays.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen you called to ask his whereabouts, he would answer that he was home watching Formula One.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe guy was so determined and he was the only one during our U-17 days that kept his position right from the friendly through to the tournament,\u201d he revealed.<\/p>\n<p><b>Watch video:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FGhanaHomePage%2Fvideos%2F1664027440341314%2F&amp;show_text=0&amp;width=560\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 56 updated by: -1 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sports News of Monday, 30 October 2017 Source: citifmonline.com 2017-10-30 Michael Essien Retired Black Stars midfielder Derek Boateng believes handwork and discipline are the reasons behind Michael Essien\u2019s long and successful career. 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