{"id":21918,"date":"2019-07-10T09:03:22","date_gmt":"2019-07-10T09:03:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/?p=21918"},"modified":"2019-07-10T09:03:22","modified_gmt":"2019-07-10T09:03:22","slug":"normalisation-committee-apologizes-black-stars-2019-afcon-exit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/normalisation-committee-apologizes-black-stars-2019-afcon-exit\/","title":{"rendered":"Normalisation Committee apologizes for Black Stars 2019 AFCON exit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Normalisation Committee apologizes for Black Stars 2019 AFCON exit<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Normalisation Committee of the Ghana Football Association has apologized for Ghana&#8217;s surprise elimination from the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations.\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7515973527815049\" data-ad-slot=\"5197133662\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><br \/>\nA statement issued on the Ghana FA&#8217;s website read: &#8221;The Normalisation Committee of the Ghana Football Association is extremely saddened by the exit of the senior national football team, the Black Stars from the Total CAF African Cup of Nations.<\/p>\n<p>&#8221;Like our expectant compatriots, we anticipated an exciting tournament, which would culminate in a successful climax of ending our agonizing 37-year for the Afcon trophy.<\/p>\n<p>&#8221;The African Cup of Nations has become competitive over the years, and with the historic increase in the number of participating teams, we were well aware of the challenging task which awaited the Black Stars in Egypt.<\/p>\n<p>&#8221;Therefore, the Normalisation Committee, with the concerted efforts of key stakeholders, particularly the Government of Ghana, set out to ensure the best of preparations for the Black Stars towards achieving the national objective of ending our Afcon trophy-drought.<\/p>\n<p>&#8221;The pre-tournament international friendly in Accra, the early camping in Dubai, the friendly matches and incentive packages for the team were all part of plans and processes towards achieving the elusive dream of winning the African Cup in Egypt.<\/p>\n<p>&#8221;Unfortunately, our dream, once again, has ended in disappointment, despite the promise the team&#8217;s early promise in the group stage, especially having improved considerably in our final group match h with Guinea Bissau.<br \/>\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7515973527815049\" data-ad-slot=\"5197133662\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><br \/>\n&#8221;The Normalisation Committee understands the national mood of disappointment, following our painful elimination through the nerve-racking penalty shootout defeat to Tunisia.<\/p>\n<p>&#8221;On behalf of the GFA and the football fraternity, we wish to apologize to the good people of Ghana for the painful exit of the Black Stars.<\/p>\n<p>&#8221;As we have always maintained, the future of Ghana football is bright, but we can only reclaim our lost glory if the football fraternity remains focused on the development of our game to catch up with our rivals in the world, especially on the African continent.<\/p>\n<p>&#8221;This early elimination of the Black Stars is another sad reality for the football fraternity and the nation to a larger extent, to have a second look at our football blueprint moving forward.<\/p>\n<p>&#8221;The Normalisation Committee is confident that the restructuring process we have started since last year, will lay a solid foundation on which the future of Ghana football would be built; first and most importantly, to strengthen and improve our domestic football infrastructure, club administration and finances, and turn around the local league to be exciting, player-crazy platform, as well as fan and sponsorship- attractive.<\/p>\n<p>&#8221;All these together, will help us claim our top of place position in regional, continental and world football in both male and female games.<\/p>\n<p>&#8221;We can&#8217;t end this statement without thanking various stakeholders, especially the President, Government (through the Ministry of Youth and Sports and other agencies), the Parliamentary Select Committee on Youth, Culture and Sports, as well as the people of Ghana for their committed support to the Black Stars for this Afcon campaign.<\/p>\n<p>&#8221;His Excellency President Akufo-Addo demonstrated his personal support towards the team during the qualifiers, before and during the tournament. The Government of Ghana also showed its strong support to the team by providing whatever the team needed for a successful campaign.<br \/>\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7515973527815049\" data-ad-slot=\"5197133662\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><br \/>\n&#8221;We also appreciate the support of GNPC to the team.<\/p>\n<p>&#8221;Finally, we salute the good people of Ghana for their unwavering support to the Black Stars throughout the tournament.<\/p>\n<p>&#8221;Even when the going was tough for the team after its stuttering starts with successive draws against Benin and Cameroon, Ghanaians remained solidly behind the team and lifted them up through encouraging words, especially on social media back to its glory days.<\/p>\n<p>&#8221;We also acknowledge the role of the media in rallying support for the team before and during the campaign.<\/p>\n<p>&#8221;The Normalisation Committee will continue to solicit and count on the support of Ghanaians as we continue with the arduous, but the surmountable task of restoring Ghana football back to its glory days.&#8221;<br \/>\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7515973527815049\" data-ad-slot=\"5197133662\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Credit: ghanasoccernet<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Normalisation Committee apologizes for Black Stars 2019 AFCON exit The Normalisation Committee of the Ghana Football Association has apologized for Ghana&#8217;s surprise elimination from the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations.\u00a0 A statement issued on the Ghana FA&#8217;s website read: &#8221;The Normalisation Committee of the Ghana Football Association is extremely saddened by the exit of the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":21883,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9347,2,8417],"tags":[9883,3949,3045,255,3638,9427,11753],"class_list":{"0":"post-21918","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-afcon-2019","8":"category-african-football","9":"category-featured","10":"tag-2019-afcon","11":"tag-afcon","12":"tag-afcon-2019","13":"tag-ghana","14":"tag-ghana-black-stars","15":"tag-normalization-committee","16":"tag-tunisiaa"},"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saharafootball.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/D-_G2RnXoAAn9nV.jpg?fit=1024%2C768&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8jzHl-5Hw","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":21878,"url":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/afcon-2019-ghana-coach-kwesi-appiah-blames-poor-officiating-ghanas-exit\/","url_meta":{"origin":21918,"position":0},"title":"AFCON 2019: Ghana coach Kwesi Appiah blames poor officiating for Ghana&#8217;s exit","author":"Clinton Eleto","date":"July 9, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"AFCON 2019: Ghana coach Kwesi Appiah blames poor officiating for Ghana's exit Ghana Black Stars Kwesi Appiah believes the officiating played a huge role in their defeat against Tunisia in the Africa Cup of Nations round of 16 game. 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