{"id":23647,"date":"2019-11-08T09:09:16","date_gmt":"2019-11-08T09:09:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/?p=23647"},"modified":"2019-11-08T09:09:16","modified_gmt":"2019-11-08T09:09:16","slug":"believe-boys-ready-ibrahim-tanko-ahead-u23-afcon-opener","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/believe-boys-ready-ibrahim-tanko-ahead-u23-afcon-opener\/","title":{"rendered":"I believe in my boys, we are ready &#8211; Ibrahim Tanko ahead of U23 AFCON opener"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>I believe in my boys, we are ready &#8211; Ibrahim Tanko ahead of U23 AFCON opener<\/em><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Ghana U-23 coach Ibrahim Tanko says his team is ready for their opening game at the CAF U-23 cup of Nations against Cameroon on Friday evening.\u00a0<\/strong><\/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 \/>\nThe Black Meteors have been in Egypt since Monday preparing for the tournament, which serves as qualification for Tokyo 2020 Olympic games.<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of the game against Cameroon, Tanko expressed his belief in his players and says they have mapped out a strategy for victory tonight.<\/p>\n<p><center><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4814474600915358\" data-ad-slot=\"6605202572\"><\/ins><\/center>\u201cIts true we\u2019ve not had competitive domestic football in about a year but we also have players in foreign leagues so we came here with a good blend of local and foreign-based players for this competition,&#8221; he said in a pre-match interview.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThough we didn\u2019t get all the players we wanted I believe in the players I\u2019ve invited and I believe they will show what they can do. I am very happy with the performance I\u2019ve seen from them so far\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn the pitch, we will do our maximum best to win the game. My team is ready and we are to map up a strategy to help us qualify to the Olympics\u201d, the Black Meteors head coach emphasized.<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 \/>\nsource: Ghanasoccernet<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I believe in my boys, we are ready &#8211; Ibrahim Tanko ahead of U23 AFCON opener Ghana U-23 coach Ibrahim Tanko says his team is ready for their opening game at the CAF U-23 cup of Nations against Cameroon on Friday evening.\u00a0 The Black Meteors have been in Egypt since Monday preparing for the tournament,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":23651,"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":[12790,8417],"tags":[252,255,12532,3184],"class_list":{"0":"post-23647","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-afcon-u23","8":"category-featured","9":"tag-cameroon","10":"tag-ghana","11":"tag-ghana-black-meteors","12":"tag-ibrahim-tanko"},"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saharafootball.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IBRA-TANKO.jpg?fit=680%2C510&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8jzHl-69p","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":23238,"url":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/ibrahim-tanko-invites-18-local-players-black-meteors-camp\/","url_meta":{"origin":23647,"position":0},"title":"Ibrahim Tanko invites 18 local players to Black Meteors camp","author":"Clinton Eleto","date":"October 11, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Ibrahim Tanko invites 18 local players to Black Meteors camp Ghana U23 Coach Ibrahim Tanko has invited 18 local players to the Black Meteors camp ahead of the U23 Africa Cup of Nations that will be coming off this November. 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