Appiah blasts ‘disrespectful’ England

da 888casino： Former Ghana captain Stephen Appiah has blasted England’s decision to rest star players for their friendly on Tuesday.Appiah, 30, is not a part of the Black Stars squad forthe Wembley fixture, but he said his nation’s football fans – 21,000 of whichwill be in London for their first clash against England – will be disappointedat Fabio Capello’s decision to rest John Terry, Ashley Cole, Frank Lampard,Wayne Rooney and Michael Dawson.Manchester United’s on-loan Sunderland striker Danny Welbeckwas called up in place of injured Tottenham winger Aaron Lennon, who was only selectedalong with Liverpool’s Andy Carroll and Wolves’ Matt Jarvis as replacements forTerry and company.”A lot of Ghanaians have travelled from America,Canada, from around the world. It’s a dream come true. It’s huge, it’s big andGhanaians are going to follow the match,” Cesena midfielder Appiah told the BBC.”Ghanaians are disappointed. They really wanted tosee those players. The players wish they could play against JT (John Terry).””It’s their dream to play against Wayne Rooney,Frank Lampard and all these players. Maybe some of them will not play in thatstadium again.” When asked if Capello’s move to rest several would-be Englandstarters – for reasons regarding their respective commitments in the ChampionsLeague – was disrespectful to Ghana’s football team and supporters, Appiahagreed.”I think so, yes (it is disrespectful). SomeGhanaians are really sad they are not going to play. Maybe Mr Capello has hisown reasons, we have to respect those,” Appiah said.