Adomah: 30 seconds on the pitch in Brazil enough

Ghana midfielder Albert Adomah feels fortunate to be at the 2014 World Cup since it is a privilege a few players across the globe enjoy.

The Middlesbrough ace admitted that not all great footballers in history have ever made it to the global football fiesta hence he counts himself blessed judging from how he started. He has a great deal of work on his hands to break into the first team of coach Kwesi Appiah, but the ex-Bristol City player insists he will feel honoured even with less than a minute of game time in Brazil.

“The coach likes to be flexible in his attacking options so if I work hard then who knows? But even if I made it onto the pitch for 30 seconds that would be enough for me,” the 26-year-old told the Guardian. “So many great players never get the chance to play at a World Cup so I feel privileged just to be here.”

Adomah is with high hopes that Ghana can cause an upset at the 2014 World Cup to qualify from the group consisting of Germany, Portugal and USA.

“We have a lot of talented young players like Chelsea’s Christian Atsu and striker Majeed Waris so there is no reason why we can’t qualify for the next round,” he opined. “A lot of the players have been in this position before and hopefully that experience will really help us. We’ve got some difficult games to get through so it’s important that we start well against the USA.

“Obviously they are going out for revenge having played us at the last two World Cups [Ghana beat USA in both 2006 and 2010] and we will have to be ready for that if we can. I think most people will expect Germany and Portugal to get through the group but we are confident in our own ability at this level after what happened in South Africa.”