{"id":31238,"date":"2022-01-20T12:48:24","date_gmt":"2022-01-20T12:48:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/?p=31238"},"modified":"2022-01-20T12:48:24","modified_gmt":"2022-01-20T12:48:24","slug":"we-dont-have-messi-or-ronaldo-in-ghana-gfa-president-kurt-okraku","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/we-dont-have-messi-or-ronaldo-in-ghana-gfa-president-kurt-okraku\/","title":{"rendered":"We dont have Messi or Ronaldo in Ghana &#8211; GFA President Kurt Okraku"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Following Ghana&#8217;s embarrassing exit from the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations, the Ghana Football President insists they took the country&#8217;s best player to the tournament.<\/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 \/>\nGhana Black Stars exited from the group stages of the 2021 Africa Cup of Nation after losing 2-3 to newcomers Comoros a few days ago; a defeat that marked the nation&#8217;s worst performance at the Africa Cup of Nation.<\/p>\n<p>Following their shocking exit, Ghanaians have been questioning the quality of the players called up to the team and how they performed in the tournament.<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&#8220;The players who represented Ghana are the best players we have, if there is a Ronaldo or Lionel Messi type of player somewhere who will move straight to our first eleven, just let me and I will include him,\u201d he told the Jolly Breakfast Show on the Skyy Power 93.5FM.<\/p>\n<p>Ghana Black Stars arrived in Accra on Thursday morning after their disappointing AFCON 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><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following Ghana&#8217;s embarrassing exit from the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations, the Ghana Football President insists they took the country&#8217;s best player to the tournament. 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