Andre Ayew, Ghana’s captain, said a starring performance by Mohammed Kudus in Monday’s World Cup victory over South Korea will be known across the world.
The 22-year-old, who has impressed for Ajax this season in the Champions League, scored twice to inspire the West Africans to a 3-2 win on Monday, boosting their chances of moving from Group H.
“He has a bright future in front of him,” stated Black Stars captain Andre Ayew.
“We know this, I know this, Ghana knows it now, the world is going to know it. You’ll see, more is coming from my boy,” the 31-year-old remarked.
Jordan Ayew, Andre’s younger brother, set up Kudus’ first-half header, which gave Ghana a 2-0 lead.
South Korea responded with two fantastic headers in three minutes from Cho Gue-sung, but Kudus scored the game-winning goal from a cut-back from the left flank with 22 minutes remaining.
The double from Mohammed Kudus makes him the first Ghanaian to score twice in a World Cup finals game, as well as the second-youngest African player to do it, behind Ahmed Musa for Nigeria against Argentina in 2014.
“He’s a good character,” coach Otto Addo stated.
“He’s a very good guy who is very fast one-on-one.” He has very good game intelligence.
Kudus was named man-of-the-match, although he remained humble after his performance at the Education City Stadium.
“The whole team was on top of their game,” said Kudus, who has shone for his club Ajax Amsterdam in this season’s Champions League, netting 4 goals from 6 games.
“I want to thank all my teammates because it is a collective game and they all played a part in my performance.”
