{"id":14436,"date":"2019-05-01T09:51:46","date_gmt":"2019-05-01T09:51:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinegh.com\/?p=14436"},"modified":"2019-05-01T09:51:47","modified_gmt":"2019-05-01T09:51:47","slug":"jay-jay-okocha-sammy-kuffour-is-toughest-defender-i-ever-faced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/?p=14436","title":{"rendered":"Jay Jay Okocha: Sammy Kuffour is toughest defender I ever faced"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"430\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinegh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/okocha.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14437\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/okocha.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/okocha-410x294.jpg 410w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Former Nigeria Captain Jay Jay Okocha has named former Black Stars defender Sammy Kuffour as the best defender he has ever faced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Okocha, now 45, was speaking at a Bundesliga Legends Tour event in Lagos where he was asked the toughest opponent he\u2019s ever faced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The former Frankfurt and Bolton Wanderers man hesitated before singling out former Bayern Munich center back Kuffour as the toughest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI realised at a very young age that I had a gift to do special things with the ball. My biggest opponent was me. I knew I was in charge when with the ball. But on the toughest defenders I faced, I would say that my African brothers were the ones,\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe have the same mentality and thought the same way. Osei Kuffour was the toughest of them all. There was a game that he kept following and marking me and I asked him, \u201cO boy, take it easy, look at the way you are breathing down on my neck\u201d and he replied that \u201csorry I got work to do\u201d. \u201cHe brought out the best in me.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mynewsgh.com\/Sport<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Nigeria Captain Jay Jay Okocha has named former Black Stars defender Sammy Kuffour as the best defender he has ever faced. Okocha, now 45, was speaking at a Bundesliga Legends Tour event in Lagos where he was asked the toughest opponent he\u2019s ever faced. 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