Former Ghana forward, Kevin-Prince Boateng has revealed that former captain of the Black Stars, Stephen Appiah was willing to sit on the bench for the rest of the players to win during the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.
Appiah, who played a key role in the country's second global showpiece appearance struggled to maintain his place in the team under Milovan Rajevac.
The Black Stars went on to become the first African country to play in the quarterfinal in the history of the Mundial.
Speaking in Twitter Space about Ghana’s biggest achievement in the World Cup, the former AC Milan and Barcelona forward who was an integral part of the 2010 squad attributed the success of the team to the selfless attitude of the senior players.
According to him, the decision of Stephen Appiah to sit back for the young boys to play was one of the things that helped unified them to perform.
“In 2014, our squad was must stronger but in 2010, we were a team and we played as a team. People accepted to be on the bench and big players like Stephen Appiah who knew that it was time for the younger players to play accepted the decision and supported them.
The Hertha Berlin forward added that the senior players sacrificed their personal gains so that the team could achieve the collective goal of excelling in the tournament and making Ghanaians proud.
“They were there supporting us even though they were not playing regularly and that’s what the current Black Stars needed but they don’t have the spirit and togetherness,“ he added.