World Cup 2022: Most people expect more from me but we play as a team - Ghana midfielder Thomas Partey

Published on: 02 December 2022

Thomas Partey is solely focused on helping the Black Stars achieve their target at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.

The Arsenal midfielder has been criticised for not churning out impressive performance for the team since the start of the tournament.

Partey has featured in all two matches for the Black Stars - the defeat to Portugal and the impressive 3-2 win over South Korea to lift them to second in Group H.

"Most people will surely expect more from me, but we are playing as a team," he said

"I listen to the coach and look to do what he has asked me to correctly so that he will be happy.

"In the end you know you can do something better, but you need to stick to what the team wants and not the individual.

"I am doing my best.'

Ghana and Uruguay face off at the Al Janoub Stadium in the final group game on Friday at 15:00 GMT.

The two sides are in search of a ticket to the knockout stage with Ghana needing a win to automatically seal their spot in the next round of the tournament while the Uruguayans desperately need a win against Ghana to progress to the next round.

The game will be a repeat of the 2010 World Cup quarter-final incident which saw Luis Suarez save his side with the handball incident as Ghana eventually bowed out of the tournament on penalty shootouts.

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