{"id":469638,"date":"2018-03-04T10:41:25","date_gmt":"2018-03-04T10:41:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/03\/04\/atleticos-partey-bullish-ahead-of-barcelona-trip\/"},"modified":"2018-03-04T10:41:25","modified_gmt":"2018-03-04T10:41:25","slug":"atleticos-partey-bullish-ahead-of-barcelona-trip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/03\/04\/atleticos-partey-bullish-ahead-of-barcelona-trip\/","title":{"rendered":"Atletico&#8217;s Partey bullish ahead of Barcelona trip"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Sports News of Sunday,  4 March 2018<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Goal.com <\/p>\n<p>2018-03-04<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/19639715.295.jpg\" alt=\"Ateleticos Bullish Ahead Barcelona \" title=\"Ateleticos Bullish Ahead Barcelona \" width=\"295\" height=\"165\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Atletico Madrid midfielder, Thomas Teye 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=151125817929577\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125817929577\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/1520160085_435_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> The Ghana midfielder admits their trip to Camp Nou will be tough but optimistic of getting a good result.<\/p>\n<p>Atletico Madrid midfielder Thomas Teye Partey is brimming with confidence ahead of La Liga top of the table clash against Barcelona at Camp Nou on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>The 24-year-old Ghana international arrived at Wanda Metropolitano in 2011 and signed a contract extension for another five years, which keeps him at the club until 2023.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;All matches are equally as challenging for us,&#8221; Partey was quoted as saying by Marca.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re ready to compete [Barcelona]. We have to be strong and fight for each ball as if it were the last,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>Partey also showered praise on teammate Antoine Griezmann who has been brilliant of late, scoring four times in their last outing against Leganes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;[Griezmann]&#8217;s always working hard, sometimes he just lacked luck,&#8221; Partey said. &#8220;He&#8217;s at his natural level, it&#8217;s normal that in some games he doesn&#8217;t score.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He works hard and deserves the good things that happen to him,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>Partey has made 82 appearances and scored nine goals for the club since making his debut against Espanyol in November 2015.<\/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\/53372278.jpg\" style=\"padding-right:2px;\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"border:0; padding:0;width:100%; vertical-align:middle; font-size:11px;\">Courtesy of Goal.com &#8211; the world&#8217;s largest football website.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Comments:<\/strong><br \/>\nThis article has no comments yet, be the first to comment\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 44 updated by: 44 --><\/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 Sunday, 4 March 2018 Source: Goal.com 2018-03-04 Atletico Madrid midfielder, Thomas Teye Partey The Ghana midfielder admits their trip to Camp Nou will be tough but optimistic of getting a good result. 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