The U20 World Cup is a prestigious tournament that showcases the brightest young football talents from around the world.
In 2009, the final of the competition was contested by Ghana and Brazil, two nations with rich footballing histories.
Ghana emerged victorious (0-0, 4-3 on penalties), winning the trophy for the first time in their history. One of the players who played a key role in that historic victory was Andre Ayew.
The Nothingham Forest attacker shared some insights into how Ghana approached the final against Brazil.
“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” he disclosed in an interview with fifa.com
