{"id":1260038,"date":"2022-11-30T13:23:21","date_gmt":"2022-11-30T13:23:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/11\/30\/asamoah-gyan-praises-inaki-williams-despite\/"},"modified":"2022-11-30T13:23:21","modified_gmt":"2022-11-30T13:23:21","slug":"asamoah-gyan-praises-inaki-williams-despite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/11\/30\/asamoah-gyan-praises-inaki-williams-despite\/","title":{"rendered":"Asamoah Gyan praises Inaki Williams despite"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"464\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/1x-1-696x464.jpg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"WCup Portugal Ghana Soccer\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ghana&#8217;s Inaki Williams gestures at the end of the World Cup group H soccer match between Portugal and Ghana, at the Stadium 974 in Doha, Qatar, Thursday, Nov. 24, 2022. (AP Photo\/Hassan Ammar)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Former Black Stars captain, Asamoah Gyan, has showered praises on Inaki Williams for his performances at the ongoing FIFA World Cup in Qatar.<\/p>\n<p>The Athletic Bilbao forward is yet to find the back of the net after two games played at the tournament.<\/p>\n<p>Williams has been the subject of criticism after missing a glorious opportunity against Portugal in the opener.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>Gyan, however, has jumped to the defense of the striker saying Williams\u2019\u00a0all-round effort cannot be ignored.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInaki has been brilliant. He has worked so hard for the team and has shown he\u2019s willing to die for the shirt,\u201d he said on SuperSport.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ ALSO<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe just needs to adjust a few things concerning his movement and will be fine.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s the sort of player every coach would love in his team and\u00a0I\u2019ve been impressed with him overall,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Ghana claimed a priceless 3-2 victory over South Korea in their group game.<\/p>\n<p>The Black Stars must now avoid defeat against Uruguay to stand a chance of qualifying for the knockout stages.<\/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=\"pQtYJF0MYMs\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Adom TV News (29-11-22)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pQtYJF0MYMs?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>Ghana&#8217;s Inaki Williams gestures at the end of the World Cup group H soccer match between Portugal and Ghana, at the Stadium 974 in Doha, Qatar, Thursday, Nov. 24, 2022. (AP Photo\/Hassan Ammar) Former Black Stars captain, Asamoah Gyan, has showered praises on Inaki Williams for his performances at the ongoing FIFA World Cup in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1259286,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[701,702,16707,3896,4305],"class_list":["post-1260038","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-asamoah","tag-gyan","tag-inaki","tag-praises","tag-williams"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1260038","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=1260038"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1260038\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1260038"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1260038"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1260038"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}