"We want to make history for ourselves, for our nation. It's very important for us. We've been expecting this moment for a very long time.

"It's not going to be easy, as always, but since we have that belief we are going to start this tournament with a great attitude to bring a positive result.

"I've been in the team for a very long time and I know how important this tournament is for our nation.

"For me it doesn't matter being a deputy (captain) or a normal player in the team, the most important thing for us is to do our best and put our maximum effort into every game and I think, with that, we are going to succeed."

ga('create', 'UA-72310761-1', 'auto', {'name': 'pacontentapi'});
ga('pacontentapi.set', 'referrer', location.origin);
ga('pacontentapi.set', 'dimension1', 'By Press Association Sport staff');
ga('pacontentapi.set', 'dimension2', 'fa84cc32-2995-4ac5-acd5-60659a7fa030');
ga('pacontentapi.set', 'dimension3', 'paservice:sport,paservice:sport:football,paservice:sport:match-reports,paservice:sport:world');
ga('pacontentapi.set', 'dimension6', 'story');
ga('pacontentapi.set', 'dimension7', 'composite');
ga('pacontentapi.set', 'dimension8', null);
ga('pacontentapi.set', 'dimension9', 'sport:football');
ga('pacontentapi.send', 'pageview', { 'location': location.href, 'page': (location.pathname + location.search + location.hash), 'title': 'Asamoah confident Ghana can land first AFCON title since 1982'});