SOCCER SUPERSTAR STARSTRUCK SYNDROME PART 2
....We saw the Tahitian national team members holding the hands of their Spanish counterparts a few seconds longer than necessary in the handshakes before kick-off at the Confederations Cup. You knew the Tahitians were going to get a stuffing and they did. Zambia played against Ghana and the Chipolopolos thought Michael Essien was a walking TV. They watched and watched and watched him. You knew they were going to lose. They lost. So the point is that too many times, too many players bask in the moment of sharing the same pitch with their “heroes” instead of trying to win the bloody game! Now, these Pharaohs – Ghana’s opponents - are not playing in a domestic league. Political upheaval within the great nation of Egypt has affected domestic football but paradoxically not the national team. They cruised through the first bit of the qualifiers barely breaking a sweat. They made mince meat of Zimbabwe, Guinea and Mozambique (I think) home and away. A few of my Ghanaian frien...