I still wonder why Kwasi Appiah didn’t start with his best 11 – Kevin-Prince Boateng

Ghana midfielder Kevin-Prince Boateng has challenged the choices made by his manager in their 2-1 loss against the USA on Monday. The German-born player was introduced on the hour mark to replace Jordan Ayew and his influence on the game was clear as Andre Ayew leveled with eight minutes to go.

Kevin-Prince was asked if he was shocked by his omission from the starting lineup. “Yes, I was surprised,” the Schalke man told Germany’s ARD. “Because you’re supposed to start with your best eleven but maybe the coach had a different idea.”

But in a post-match interview as well, Appiah explained why he did not start the experienced duo of Michael Essien and Kevin-Prince. The coach defended his choices, saying that he felt the two would have been better options for the second half. Next for Ghana is Germany on Saturday, June 21 while the USA play Portugal.

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An Entrepreneur, Corporate Social Responsibility, Corporate Communications Executive and Philanthropist. Editor-in-Chief of www.233times.com. A Senior Journalist with Ghanaian Chronicle Newspaper. An alumnus of Adisadel College where he read General Arts. His first degree is in Bachelor of Arts - Political Science (major) and History (minor) from the University of Ghana. He holds MSc in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Energy with Public Relations (PR) from the Robert Gordon University in the United Kingdom. He is a 2018 Mandela Washington Fellow who studied at Clark Atlanta University in USA on the Business and Entrepreneurship track.

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