{"id":1211923,"date":"2022-09-27T15:15:26","date_gmt":"2022-09-27T15:15:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/09\/27\/its-a-special-feeling-to-play-for-ghana\/"},"modified":"2022-09-27T15:15:26","modified_gmt":"2022-09-27T15:15:26","slug":"its-a-special-feeling-to-play-for-ghana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/09\/27\/its-a-special-feeling-to-play-for-ghana\/","title":{"rendered":"Its a special feeling to play for Ghana"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image_2022-09-27_081202995-696x392.png\"   alt=\"\" title=\"Former Spain international Inaki Williams made his Ghana debut as a second-half substitute against Brazil on Saturday\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Former Spain international Inaki Williams made his Ghana debut as a second-half substitute against Brazil on Saturday\/ Image Source:BBC<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Inaki Williams says he\u2019s super excited following his Black Stars debut on Friday against Brazil.<\/p>\n<p>The 28-year-old won his first cap for Ghana when he came off the bench in the 3-0 friendly defeat after switching nationality.<\/p>\n<p>Inaki, who recently opted to play for Black Stars, has set his sights on earning more caps and making the country successful.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a very special feeling to play my first game with my new team-mates for my country,\u201d Williams told BBC Sport Africa.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was very happy to come in and make some contributions, I cannot thank the staff and squad enough for all the help. The hard work continues for the World Cup and hopefully I am going to enjoy the opportunity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI hope to play more matches and make the Black Stars successful.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Otto Addo\u2019s men were humbled in the opening half of the game in France, Le Havre which saw the Selecao put three behind the West African country.<\/p>\n<p>However, the Black Stars were much better in the second with the introduction of three debutants, Inaki, Tariq Lamptey and Salisu who brought stability to the team.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think the second half saw a better performance from us,\u201d he added. \u201cIt was not easy because it\u2019s Brazil \u2013 a top football nation \u2013 but as Ghana we were stronger in the second half. I enjoyed myself on the pitch by helping my team.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Prior to the game the new additions had an unforgettable night where they were taken through the tradition of the national team to initiate new players.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI danced and sang on our initiation night. It was fun and I am enjoying everything because the players have been very warm, supportive and kind to me,\u201d he said, after being quizzed on that.<\/p>\n<p>            <!--  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=videoseries[\/embed]<!--\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>--><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"ABDELCupy5o\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Adepam Season 2 - Badwam Afisem on Adom TV (27-9-22)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ABDELCupy5o?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Spain international Inaki Williams made his Ghana debut as a second-half substitute against Brazil on Saturday\/ Image Source:BBC Inaki Williams says he\u2019s super excited following his Black Stars debut on Friday against Brazil. The 28-year-old won his first cap for Ghana when he came off the bench in the 3-0 friendly defeat after switching [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1211924,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[1097,85,463,1432],"class_list":["post-1211923","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-feeling","tag-ghana","tag-play","tag-special"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1211923","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1211923"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1211923\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1211923"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1211923"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1211923"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}