Ghana’s Berlin-born midfielder
Kevin-Prince Boateng has turned up the heat for Saturday’s World Cup Group G
match against Germany by comparing it to a gladiator-style ‘fight to the
death’.
“The
team who wants it more will win and we will fight to the death against
Germany.”
Boateng
opted to play for Ghana, the country of his father, in 2009 and will be up
against his half brother and Germany right-back Jerome Boateng in Fortaleza.
Germany
top their group after Monday’s 4-0 hammering of Cristiano Ronaldo’s Portugal,
while Ghana are third after their 2-1 defeat to the USA the same day.
The
flamboyant ex-Tottenham Hotspur and AC Milan star has criticized the Germans in
the past, saying Joachim Loew’s squad lacks “characters and leaders” when the
going gets tough.
“Whenever
things matter, they don’t make it,” he added.
But
the 27-year-old says he has no worries about his words being used as motivation
against him.
“Loew
can hang these sentences on the wall with pleasure,” insisted Boateng. “This
isn’t a game-related opinion, more like something fundamental.”
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