Sports Features of Thursday, 10 August 2017

Source: ghanasoccernet.com

Ebenezer Ofori the glue that binds Stuttgart’s Bundesliga survival

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Ghana international Ebenezer Ofori has been a massive hit since joining Stuttgart and largely due to his impressive performances he is now in line to lead his team play in the Bundesliga.

The song of the Shamen "Ebenezer Goode" is a real classic and when Ebenezer Ofori came to VfB after a woolly racket time in Stockholm, that was what the fans got. A strong, good, close-fighter and technical Nigerian, who went straight into Wolf's minds and stabilized the central midfield. In front of the defence, he often bothered with Grgic and tackled, won balls and solved the task.

More interesting was that the VfB fans got a new "Ebbo". After the old goalkeeper legend Ebbo Trautner there is now "Ebbo" Ofori.

However, the Bundesliga is something new. The tempo is increasing, bacon players are everywhere, the bale distribution needs to be better and the hardness increases. For Ofori, it's an important step.

Is he the big talented figure that builds the defensive game around or is he going to get it hard? The pre-season has shown a lot of decay, which led to dangers. Now it's a good player every weekend and every match. Can he get this?