{"id":22806,"date":"2019-09-11T13:08:37","date_gmt":"2019-09-11T13:08:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/?p=22806"},"modified":"2019-09-11T13:08:37","modified_gmt":"2019-09-11T13:08:37","slug":"took-us-3-days-psyche-players-black-meteors-coach-ibrahim-tanko","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/took-us-3-days-psyche-players-black-meteors-coach-ibrahim-tanko\/","title":{"rendered":"It took us 3 days to psyche the players up &#8211; Black Meteors coach Ibrahim Tanko"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>It took us 3 days to psyche the players up &#8211; Black Meteors coach Ibrahim Tanko<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>Ghana Black Meteors coach Ibrahim Tanko has revealed that the U23 players were &#8216;down&#8217; after the 1-1 draw against Algeria at the Accra Sports Stadium last week and he and his staffs had to motivate them ahead of the second leg.<\/h3>\n<p><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 \/>\nGhana U23 secured a 1-0 victory against Algeria to qualify for the U23 Africa Cup of Nations on Tuesday night, thanks to a solo goal from Yaw Yeboah.<\/p>\n<p>Ibrahim Tanko stated that they had to psyche the players up before the game because they were &#8216;down&#8217; and needed all the motivation they could get.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It wasn&#8217;t easy after the first game as most of them were down. 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