Ghana U-23 midfielder Yaw Yeboah has taken his exclusion from the Black Stars' final squad for the upcoming Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt in good fate.
The Numancia ace was one of five players eliminated as Ghana coach James Kwesi Appiah announced his 23-man team for the June 21-July 19 championship on Monday.
FC Porto striker Abdul Majeed Waris, Ebenezer Ofori and Ghana-based duo of Abdul Safiu Fatawu and Mohammed Alhassan were the other casualties.
"This is part of life and it is part of football," Yeboah said, "I want to thank everybody, the management and the nation for giving me the opportunity to be here.