{"id":435264,"date":"2017-11-08T18:49:40","date_gmt":"2017-11-08T18:49:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/11\/08\/thomas-partey-opens-up-on-weight-of-expectation-playing-for-ghana\/"},"modified":"2017-11-08T18:49:40","modified_gmt":"2017-11-08T18:49:40","slug":"thomas-partey-opens-up-on-weight-of-expectation-playing-for-ghana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/11\/08\/thomas-partey-opens-up-on-weight-of-expectation-playing-for-ghana\/","title":{"rendered":"Thomas Partey opens up on weight of expectation playing for Ghana"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Sports News of Wednesday,  8 November 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>GHANAsoccernet.com <\/p>\n<p>2017-11-08<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/85978939.295.jpg\" alt=\"Partey1 620x330\" title=\"Partey1 620x330\" width=\"295\" height=\"197\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Thomas Partey<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=150834795848671\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=150834795848671\">&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/1510166980_750_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Atletico Madrid midfielder Thomas Partey has talked about the burden of donning the Black Stars jersey.<\/p>\n<p>Partey, who has been in scintillating form for Atletico Madrid this season, says playing for Ghana requires a lot but he&#8217;s eager keep improving to help the team achieve its ambition.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOf course, there is expectation because I play for Atletico,&#8221; he told KweseESPN.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am a young player and still quite new to the national team.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know that I just have to keep playing and improving and try to not think about the pressure.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The 22-year old has netted five goals in his last four outings for Ghana but will miss team&#8217;s final match of the 2018 World Cup qualifying campaign against the Pharaohs of Egypt through suspension.<\/p>\n<p>The match is slated to come off at the Cape Coast Stadium on Sunday November 12<\/p>\n<div class=\"related_articles\" style=\"width: 100%;\">\n<div style=\"clear: both; font-size: 90%; background-color: #eeeaea; padding: 5px; width: 60%; margin-top: 10px;\">\n<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border:0; padding:0\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/96124592.jpg\" style=\"padding-right:2px;\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"border:0; padding:0;width:100%; vertical-align:middle; font-size:11px;\">Courtesy of <b>GHANAsoccernet.com<\/b> &#8211; Ghana&#8217;s leading football news website. 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