http://www.chelseafc.com/article.asp?hlid=315665 Essien ecstasy over World Cup Thursday, Oct 13, 2005 A wind of change has certainly swept through African football with four out of five qualifiers for the World Cup Finals from that continent heading there for the first time. While past regular participants such as Nigeria, Cameroon and South Africa will all be staying at home this summer, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Togo and Angola will be joining the party. Only Tunisia are old hands, having made it through to a third consecutive tournament. Michael Essien and Didier Drogba played a significant part in Ghana and Ivory Coast’s respective success and already back at Chelsea following last weekend’s final qualifying games, Essien has been speaking about breaking new ground. 接受却尔西电视台的采访，埃辛说： "我们非常开心，能进入世界盃决赛圈真的 太棒了。看看以往的迦纳队，实力不凡，球员也很出色，但他们从未进入世界盃决赛 圈，这真是不走运，而现在的新世代终於办到了，这对我们的国家有益。" "总统的私人喷射机来维德岛接我们，这真是太不可思议了，我们大概在凌晨一 点左右降落，但仍然看到很多人来接机，整个国家充满欢笑，总统还邀我们参加盛大 的晚会。" Essien is the most high profile player amongst the new generation Ghanaians although captain Stephan Appiah and Sulley Ali Muntari are both playing in the Champions League with Fenerbahce and Udinese. Many of the squad turn out for small European clubs or have remained in Ghana, highlighting the accomplishment in going further than the country managed when it had past stars like rocket-shot Tony Yeboah and Champions League winner Abedi Pele. "我们同样获得了踢非洲国家盃的资格，这也很重要，因为我们上次无法参加。 今年我们打进了这两个赛事的决赛圈，这是个不错的成绩。世界盃的路不好走，但还 是希望我们能有所作为。" Our record signing is one of 11 Chelsea players who this week were in squads successful in guaranteeing places at Germany 2006. by Paul Mason http://www.chelseafc.com/Images/ChelseaNOW/EssienGhana.jpg -- Carefree, wherever we may be 　 We are the famous CFC！ --

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