Black Stars skipper Andre Ayew says that Brazil was the best team in the 2009 U20 World Cup despite Ghana winning the tournament.
The Black Satellites beat the odds to win Africa’s first title in the U20 world cup history.
Interestingly, Ghana played most of the final with 10 men after Daniel Addo was sent off in the first half.
The Black Satellites managed to take the game to penalty where they triumphed in the penalty shootouts.
The Nottingham Forest forward admitted in an interview with FIFA that the Selecao were the better side.
“Ghana has a special history with Brazil when it comes to youth football. Even before my time, meetings between the two teams were always tense. To be honest, we didn’t want to play the Seleçao in an earlier round as they were the best team in the tournament”
“In the final, it was a whole other story. We were aware that we could make history and didn’t want to let the chance pass us by. We told ourselves that there were only 90 or 120 minutes separating us from a world title” Andre Ayew told FIFA.
Meanwhile, Andre since the Ghana U20 success become a regular in the Black Stars, going on to become the most capped player for the senior national team.
