Equatorial Guinea midfielder, Pablo Ganet has come out to say that a lack of star players in their squad has helped them to do well at the Africa Cup of Nations. He recently had his say while speaking to the press, and fans have been reacting.
According to him, Equatorial Guinea are a small country and they have no players playing for big clubs in Europe at the tournament, but they keep proving it’s not about the stars.
He added that it is clear that he and his teammates have done enough to be respected at the competition henceforth.
His words, “We are a small country. We don’t have a star – our star is the team.”
“If they respect us, ok. If they didn’t respect us it is up to them, but we showed our value. We played with our heads.”
“I am so happy, I don’t know in English how (to say) tears of emotion. I feel really happy, but not about me, but as a team, because we played as a team and it is in our power.”
On the Mali game, “In the first half, I have to be honest, I think they played better.”
“But step by step we got better and I think in extra time we played even better than them. I don’t think they expected that and when they wanted to react it was too late. But Mali is a big team and in the future, they can go far.”
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