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Mohammed Kudus was the star of the Ghana-South Korea matchup with Cho, the Asian team’s striker who scored a double in aerial shots. He scored two goals that contributed to the ‘Black Stars’ first victory.The Ghana midfielder confesses that he keeps a Thiago Alcántara shirt with the number 6 number hanging in his house like a treasure, from his time at Bayern Munich “and I am very proud of it”. A friend gave it to him when he signed for Danish Nordsjaelland, signed by the entire Bavarian team. “As a child I enjoyed Thiago. I love creativity and the joy of playing. It was fantastic. He sometimes plays from ‘6 ′ but then, despite his defensive obligations, he does not lose creativity. He plays where he plays, he always finds the balance between defending and attacking. This is how I want to play, ”he expresses. “I think we played together as a team and we all deserve credit for this win against South Korea and the award,” he said after Monday’s clash. “We just have to keep working hard in the next game to get another win that leads us to the next round of the tournament,” he added. Kudus is one of those midfielders that grow like mushrooms in Ghana. But he has an offensive profile, something rarer to see. Thomas Partey is a more common profile. At 22, he is in his first World Cup. He grew up on the streets of Nima, in the Accra region, on any makeshift soccer field. His first team, at the age of ten, was Strong Tower. “It is a club that trains many talents for the rest of the world. He is known for training talents, ”he explains.
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His quality did not go unnoticed by many scouts who comb the poor continent.At a tournament he impressed scouts, including one from ‘Right to Dream’, a soccer academy created in 1999 in Accra “focused on education, soccer and most importantly developing their personalities to the fullest”. At the age of 12 he entered that school, he was forged with his dribbling, his qualities and his daring. He passed through Danish Nordsjaelland as the first leg on his way out of Ghana. Tottenham, Liverpool, Manchester United and Borussia Dortmund had it on their agenda. In July 2020, he signed for Ajax for five years, in one of the best schools in the world, in exchange for nine million euros. He was 19 years old. He was heralded as “one of Ghana’s biggest prospects. At the ‘ajaccied’ club his price skyrocketed. In the 2019-20 season he scored 11 goals in 25 games. After the injuries, which reduced him in 2021-22, with 22 games and just four goals, he has been unleashed this season at Ajax, with 20 games, 952 minutes, nine goals and two assists, heading to the 2022 World Cup, where is being one of the stars.