{"id":28981,"date":"2021-04-01T15:19:11","date_gmt":"2021-04-01T15:19:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/?p=28981"},"modified":"2021-04-01T15:19:11","modified_gmt":"2021-04-01T15:19:11","slug":"featured-black-stars-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/featured-black-stars-future\/","title":{"rendered":"Featured: The Black Stars of our future"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Featured: The Black Stars of our future<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ghana played out a pulsating 1-1 draw with Rainbow nation, South Africa in the penultimate game of group C match in the Africa Cup of Nations qualifier at the FNB Stadium then two days later; they crowned it off with a 3-1 victory over Sao Tome and Principe at the Accra Sports Stadium.<\/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 \/>\nIn the end, Ghana will be pleased with its ninth consecutive qualification to the continent&#8217;s biggest football tournament together with Sudan, who did everything humanly possible to secure the second slot ahead of South Africa.<\/p>\n<p>Ghana may have qualified for next year\u2019s tournament but they are a few things that need ratifications if the country wants to end its long wait for a major continental trophy.<\/p>\n<p>The Ghana Football Association will have to give CK Akonnor the freehand to operate and make salient decisions for the overall welfare of the assembled team at his disposal. In the lead up to this recent doubleheader against South Africa, Sao Tome, and Principe, the head coach is on record to have suggested that, there were some players, he didn\u2019t name in the squad but found them on the final list that was released days before the penultimate and ultimate round of games in the AFCON qualifiers.<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 \/>\nThis development will not sit well with any head coach, who cannot freely express himself in the portfolio; he has been assigned.<\/p>\n<p>On the part of the FA efforts, they can fully support the coach in diverse ways to fully realize his set targets and objectives which will rub well on their administration.<\/p>\n<p>The technical team has an arduous task to select the very best of players all around the globe to represent the country. That means that, they have to extensively travel, scout across the length, breadth of the country, and beyond to hand opportunities to players passionate, determined about the course and fit to play for the nation.<\/p>\n<p>CK will have to stamp his authority on the team; it\u2019s been over a year since he was appointed head coach and anytime the team plays, there\u2019s no clear pattern or identity you could label them with.<\/p>\n<p>In the doubleheader, that was played, they could barely string multiple passes together, some argued, it\u2019s because a host of first-team players failed to turn up (Ayew brothers, Partey) and others but the question is, if something happens to the aforementioned, it spells doom for Akonnor.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s where, I will suggest that the team needs to have a strong bench to fall back on in times of need, as well as select the best of players plying their trade in the Ghana Premier League which will encourage others to also give off their best with an idea of national team call-up and a foreign contract to reward their efforts.<\/p>\n<p>In between now and next year\u2019s tournament, there are a lot of things that need to be placed on the right track in order to facilitate the team to win its fifth trophy, which has long eluded it for over three decades.<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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Featured: The Black Stars of our future Ghana played out a pulsating 1-1 draw with Rainbow nation, South Africa in the penultimate game of group C match in the Africa Cup of Nations qualifier at the FNB Stadium then two days later; they crowned it off with a 3-1 victory over Sao Tome and Principe<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":28941,"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":[8417,859],"tags":[1582,255,7777],"class_list":{"0":"post-28981","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-featured","8":"category-ghana-premier-league","9":"tag-black-stars","10":"tag-ghana","11":"tag-ghana-football"},"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saharafootball.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/black-Team.jpg?fit=1080%2C810&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8jzHl-7xr","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":19733,"url":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/ghana-play-south-africa-friendly-game-afcon\/","url_meta":{"origin":28981,"position":0},"title":"Ghana to play South Africa in friendly game before AFCON","author":"Clinton Eleto","date":"May 3, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Ghana to play South Africa in friendly game before AFCON South Africa will play Ghana Black Stars in a pre-AFCON friendly in the United Arab Emirates as both teams look to prepare for the prestigious competition. 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