Ghana's Olympic team offensive midfielder Bennard Yao Kumordzi who plys his trade in Greece has cried for enough playing time as Ghana prepares for the CAN 2008 In an exclusive chat with allghanasoccer.com, Kumordzi said that his first senior national team call-up game was against Brazil in Sweden where coach Claude Le Roy gave him 16 minutes of playing time. "Even though the time wasn’t enough, I think I made good use of it, and the people of Ghana saw my talent".

He got his second call-up in Ghana’s friendly against Senegal in England where he got another 15minutes of playing time. 'In the game against Senegal, I thought I would get enough playing time as Captain Stephen Appiah wasn’t available but it didn’t happen". But how can I convince Ghanaians and the coach that I deserve a first team place if they don’t see enough of me? Kumordzi asked. Kumordzi came into the limelight playing for Egaleo FC in the Greek first division league where he instantly became a house hold name for winning the MVP and also scoring 5 goals as a midfielder .He was dropped in Ghana’s two friendlies against Morocco and Saudi Arabia due to Olympic duties against South Africa as both games clashed the same week end. Olympic team.

I would love Ghanaians to judge my inclusion into the senior national team by performance. And performance can only come when I am given enough time to play. Bernard now plays for Panionios of Greece where he enjoys first team place.

When asked which players he would like to play with in Ghana’s team, he smiled and said, pairing me with Michael Essien in a defensive role, Laryea Kingston, Dramani or Appiah will do the magic.