Mensah relies on coach Appiah looking for another starter against Tunisia

Sports News from Monday, July 8, 2019

Source: ghananewsagency.org

2019-07-08

Jonathan Mensah, the Black Stars' central defender, said that, although he is ready and ready to fight, the final decision will be on the coaches of coach Kwesi Appiah, who will face Tunisia on Monday, July 8th. Ismailia stadium of the Africa Cup. Nations (AFCON).

According to him, he had worked hard to recover from the injury that had prevented him from winning Ghana's victory over Guinea-Bissau and was ready to give everything to the team to try to qualify for the quarter-finals and possibly win the victory.

"Currently, I feel very well after my injury and I am better, but I leave my selection to the head coach and the medical team to decide, although I am also in constant communication with the # 39 medical team on how I feel and how I progress. "

The US-based player said: "It's a 1 / 16th match and it will be an interesting game. Both teams will work hard, but we must do our best to take the next step.

"Being a favorite does not mean that everything will be fine for you, you have to work hard to achieve this goal and we are determined to do everything possible until the final whistle to get a win for mother Ghana.

"We have all seen the surprises of this tournament so we do not need to underestimate a team, we just have to go with all we have and look for the win as we aim for the final" , he added.

Mensah replaced John Boye after being ruled out of the first group match and having achieved an impressive performance, but had to miss Ghana's last group match due to an injury.