Ghana failing to qualify for the 2025 AFCON was like an areophane carrying 10,000 Ghanaians has crashed. It was definitely a disaster but no one has m
Ghana failing to qualify for the 2025 AFCON was like an areophane carrying 10,000 Ghanaians has crashed. It was definitely a disaster but no one has made it look so.
No one was called to account for the disgraceful performances of the Black Stars. Funnily, the head coach is still at post and the Ghana Football Association gurus are still at post. The EXCO Members of the GFA were the only part of the elements that were dissolved.
Former Black Stars coach Kwesi Appiah in an interview with the BBC narrated how big blow it is for Ghana to miss the 2025 AFCON.
“Ghana is like England. If England does not qualify for Europe or the World Cup, it’s a big, big issue,” said Kwesi Appiah, the head coach of Sudan.
“Once you take that job, you need to add that pressure on top of it,” Appiah added. One of the most difficult jobs in football is coaching a national team, especially a top one like Ghana or England. The pressure that accompanies the job is immeasurable and one must be ready always for it.
“Ghana not going to AFCON is a big, big, big deal. The whole FA needs to sit down and analyze and check what is going on,” he concluded.
Ghana are four times winners of the AFCON and have qualified for every edition since 2004 so missing the 36th edition is a huge blow for Ghanaian football.
Kwesi Appiah advised the hierarchy of Ghana football to sit down, look out for the problems bedevilling the game and solve them.
The Black Stars in 2025 will have the chance to make amends when they resume the qualification for the 20266 FIFA World Cup to be played across USA-CANADA-MEXIC0.
James Kwesi Appiah, 64, punched above his weight and secured a place in the 2025 AFCON by qualifying Sudan at the expense of Ghana and Niger.
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