{"id":38827,"date":"2023-09-07T20:00:46","date_gmt":"2023-09-07T20:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/?p=38827"},"modified":"2023-09-07T20:00:46","modified_gmt":"2023-09-07T20:00:46","slug":"car-coach-savoy-cast-spell-on-black-stars-after-afcon-qualifiers-loss-in-kumasi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/car-coach-savoy-cast-spell-on-black-stars-after-afcon-qualifiers-loss-in-kumasi\/","title":{"rendered":"CAR coach Savoy cast spell on Black Stars after AFCON qualifiers loss in Kumasi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Central African Republic coach Raoul Savoy has cast a spell on the chances of the Ghana Black Stars excelling at the next African Cup of Nations slated for Ivory Coast.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\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><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The away side was looking to advance as one of two teams in Group E\u00a0 for their second appearance at the AFCON tournament.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Louis Mafouta tested Lawrence Ati Zigi in post for the Black Stars but his effort was tipped over the post for a corner which they failed to make use of.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"AFCON 2023Q : Ghana beat Central African Republic to secure AFCON 2023 qualifications to Ivory Coast\" href=\"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/afcon-2023q-ghana-beat-central-african-republic-to-secure-afcon-2023-qualifications-to-ivory-coast\/\">AFCON 2023Q: Ghana beat Central African Republic to secure AFCON 2023 qualifications to Ivory Coast<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">In the 25th minute of the game, Amos Yoga and Venuste Baboula combined effortlessly to set Louis Mafouta up who selflessly rounded the on-rushing, Lawrence Ati Zigi in post to calmly slot home the first goal of the game for visitors.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The Black Stars equalized through Kudus on the stroke of halftime and got the winner after second-half substitutes Antoine Semenyo and Ernest Nuamah combined to give the Black Stars the winner, 2-1.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"AFCON 2023Q: Jordan, Kudus, Djiku start as Dede dropped to the bench against C.A.R\" href=\"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/afcon-2023q-jordan-kudus-djiku-start-as-dede-dropped-to-the-bench\/\">AFCON 2023Q: Jordan, Kudus, Djiku start as Dede dropped to the bench against C.A.R<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Speaking to reporters in the post-match press conference, a disgruntled, Savoy, was displeased with certain calls by the referee alluding that, the centre-man aided Ghana\u2019s qualification and remarked that the host will have a poor showing at the AFCON like the former in Cameroon.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cYour next AFCON will be like the last\u00a0one,\u201d a trusted Savoy said as he left the press room at the Baba Yara Stadium.<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Ghana led group E with 12 points followed by Angola with 9 points, and Central Africa Republic and Madagascar basked 7 and 3 respectively.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\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><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Central African Republic coach Raoul Savoy has cast a spell on the chances of the Ghana Black Stars excelling at the next African Cup of Nations slated for Ivory Coast. The away side was looking to advance as one of two teams in Group E\u00a0 for their second appearance at the AFCON tournament.\u00a0 Louis Mafouta<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":38828,"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":[16917,8417,14057],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-38827","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-afcon","8":"category-featured","9":"category-ghana-football"},"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saharafootball.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/savoy.png?fit=551%2C329&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8jzHl-a6f","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":38751,"url":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/2023-afcon-qualifiers-c-a-r-head-coach-raoul-savoy-ready-for-black-stars-challenge\/","url_meta":{"origin":38827,"position":0},"title":"2023 AFCON Qualifiers : C.A.R head coach Raoul Savoy ready for Black Stars challenge","author":"Raphael Bannerman-Quartey","date":"September 4, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Central African Republic coach Raoul Savoy is confident that his side can pull an upset in the final round of qualifiers for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifiers against Ghana. 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