{"id":443712,"date":"2017-12-05T03:00:34","date_gmt":"2017-12-05T03:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/05\/kevin-prince-boateng-delighted-with-goal-against-hertha-berlin\/"},"modified":"2017-12-05T03:00:34","modified_gmt":"2017-12-05T03:00:34","slug":"kevin-prince-boateng-delighted-with-goal-against-hertha-berlin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/05\/kevin-prince-boateng-delighted-with-goal-against-hertha-berlin\/","title":{"rendered":"Kevin Prince Boateng delighted with goal against Hertha Berlin"},"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,  4 December 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>GHANAsoccernet.com <\/p>\n<p>2017-12-04<\/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\/73251680.295.jpg\" alt=\"Kevin Prince Boateng 123\" title=\"Kevin Prince Boateng 123\" width=\"295\" height=\"192\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Kevin Prince Boateng was on target for Frankfurt<\/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=151125817976607\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125817976607\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1512442834_249_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Ghana midfielder Kevin-Prince Boateng says his performance against ex-club Hertha Berlin was the weakest in his career but delighted to score to silence them.<\/p>\n<p>The Eintracht Frankfurt ace hit a superb winning goal 10 minutes from time to seal &#8216;s 2-1 comeback victory at his ex-club in the Bundesliga on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>In falling snow at Berlin&#8217;s Olympic Stadium, the 30-year-old Boateng unleashed a superb shot from the edge of the area to leave Hertha goalkeeper Rune Jarstein with no chance.<\/p>\n<p>But the Berlin-born Frankfurt midfielder muted his celebrations having started his career at Hertha.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It feels good to have won, because we have an important game coming up against Bayern Munich,&#8221; said Boateng with Frankfurt hosting the Bundesliga leaders next Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Personally, that was perhaps the weakest performance of my career, so I am glad we won.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Boateng had to tread carefully in a bad-tempered game after picking up a yellow card with just nine minutes gone, but Frankfurt coach Niko Kovac, who played alongside Boateng for Hertha a decade ago, left him on.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We talked about it during the break, but the coach knows I have enough experience to hold myself back a bit,&#8221; explained Boateng.<\/p>\n<p>The result lifted Frankfurt to eighth, while Hertha are 11th and five points from the relegation places.<\/p>\n<p>It was a poor display from Hertha, who got off to a bright start when Australia striker Mathew Leckie put in a great pass over the Frankfurt defence which Davie Selke fired home on 15 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>However, Marius Wolf hauled Frankfurt level by rifling his shot into the roof of the net from a corner on 26 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>Boateng settled the matter on 80 minutes when he hammered a curling shot into the top left-hand corner for his third league goal of the season.<\/p>\n<p>The half-brother of Germany star Jerome Boateng has played all 14 Bundesliga games for Eintracht since joining in August after a hurried departure for family reasons from Spanish club Las Palmas.<\/p>\n<p>Boateng has played for AC Milan, Portsmouth, Tottenham Hotspur, Hertha and Schalke in a colourful career.<\/p>\n<p>He made the last of his 15 appearances for Ghana at the 2014 World Cup, but left the tournament under a dark cloud after a row with the coach.<\/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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