“The pressure is thinking about what to eat the next day”

otto addothe Ghana coach, said this Sunday in a press conference that he is a “privilege” being in a World Cup and expressed that for him the real pressure is not in football, but in everyday situations in real life like thinking about what to eat every day

After losing their first match 3-2 to PortugalAddo faces the challenge of stay alive in the World Cup after their next match. They face South Korea and, on the eve of facing the Asian team, asked about the pressure his team’s young players might feel ahead of the second clash, he reflected on importance football truly has.

“It’s not about younger or less young players. It’s about better or less good players. They all want to play, have a good game and show their responsibilities. I know there are many criticism because we make mistakes. We have to concentrate on fixing the negative aspects and the players are playing a good game,” he declared.

“In my opinion, there is no pressure. It is a privilege to sit here and be Ghana’s coach. It is not pressure. The pressure is thinking about what to eat the next day. The pressure is different. We are showing that we can compete as equals and we have players who don’t have much experience. I hope we have a good match,” he added.

He also has words for the media and their role in development current of opinion:

“When we do something and it works we are geniuses. That’s the same context in the press. Some media don’t know about this work. It is necessary that we understand what playing football is. The media’s job is to ask questions. If we lose, obviously, we will have a lot of criticism. And if we win we are the best. Sometimes you play well and lose and sometimes we play poorly and win. In the media, they sell more, especially negative news.”

In addition, he referred to his remarks after the clash against Portugal where complained about the punishment who whistled in favor of the Portuguese team. As he said, the maximum punishment was “no” and “everyone saw it.” “Why? Why Cristiano Ronaldo or something like that? I don’t know why there is no VAR, no explanation,” he added.

In this regard, he said that FIFA did not sanction him and he excused himself that at that time, after the defeat, he had “emotions on the surface”.

He also launched a complaint to the body headed by Gianni Infantino and he put on the table what for him is an injustice: that Africa has only five representatives in a World Cup.

“They’re in Africa 55 countries and we deserve more vacancies. Never in the history of FIFA have we been the same. Five places… if we have 12 places like Europe, there’s a better chance of going further. In my opinion, this is unfair.”

He also indicated that in his group, which also consists of Portugal, South Korea and Uruguay, “anything can happen” and made it clear that first of all, Ghana needs to think about their team.

“There are many things to improve. For us, the most important thing is not who will be our star. The most important thing is to move to the next stage. That is not our priority. Our priority is to get through the group stage. What happened in our match against Portugal is in the past, our attention is on South Korea.”

asked Son Heung-min, He said he was a “very good player” and was confident his players would “stop” all South Korean attacks.

“Maybe in public the other day we lost, but for us we learned. We are always learning. Sometimes, even if we win, we learn because it’s not always, like when we win, we did everything right. So we’re always learning and I’m happy to have a team that’s willing to learn.”