{"id":39392,"date":"2023-10-31T05:31:23","date_gmt":"2023-10-31T05:31:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/?p=39392"},"modified":"2023-10-31T05:31:23","modified_gmt":"2023-10-31T05:31:23","slug":"augustine-ahinful-confident-in-chris-hughtons-abilities-as-the-coach-of-the-black-stars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/augustine-ahinful-confident-in-chris-hughtons-abilities-as-the-coach-of-the-black-stars\/","title":{"rendered":"Augustine Ahinful confident in Chris Hughton&#8217;s abilities as the coach of the Black Stars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Augustine Ahinful confident in Chris Hughton&#8217;s abilities as the coach of the Black Stars<\/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 \/>\nAugustine Ahinful, a former Ghanaian international, has expressed confidence in Chris Hughton&#8217;s abilities as the coach of the Black Stars.<\/p>\n<p>Although Hughton maintained an undefeated record until October, he faced his first setbacks as coach, suffering 2-0 and 4-0 defeats to Mexico and the United States of America respectively in international friendlies.<\/p>\n<p>These losses have heightened pressure on the coach, leading many to call for his removal ahead of even more challenging tasks in the 2026 World Cup qualifiers and the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON).<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE :\u00a0<a title=\"Black Queens coach Nora Hauptle expresses satisfaction with her team\u2019s ability to keep clean sheets\" href=\"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/black-queens-coach-nora-hauptle-expresses-satisfaction-with-her-teams-ability-to-keep-clean-sheets\/\">Black Queens coach Nora Hauptle expresses satisfaction with her team\u2019s ability to keep clean sheets<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ahinful, who represented Ghana with distinction during his international career, underscored that while there&#8217;s room for improvement, Hughton&#8217;s extensive experience as both a player and a coach provides him with the insight required to address the current difficulties.<\/p>\n<p>Ahinful advocated for support for Hughton and emphasized the importance of a collaborative approach to achieving positive results for the team.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There is always room for improvement. So far, it&#8217;s not been encouraging,&#8221; remarked the retired footballer.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He&#8217;s played the game before, he has coached before, and he knows what to do to remedy the situation. I think we need to back him up, but he has to also back up.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>With the upcoming doubleheader against Madagascar and Comoros in the 2026 World Cup qualifiers, the Black Stars and Chris Hughton aim to rejuvenate the team&#8217;s performance and instill confidence among fans.<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>Augustine Ahinful confident in Chris Hughton&#8217;s abilities as the coach of the Black Stars Augustine Ahinful, a former Ghanaian international, has expressed confidence in Chris Hughton&#8217;s abilities as the coach of the Black Stars. Although Hughton maintained an undefeated record until October, he faced his first setbacks as coach, suffering 2-0 and 4-0 defeats to<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":39211,"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":[8417,14057],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-39392","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-featured","8":"category-ghana-football"},"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saharafootball.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Chris-Hughton.jpg?fit=800%2C528&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8jzHl-afm","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":39394,"url":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/paris-2024-evelyn-badu-powers-black-queens-to-victory-over-benin-in-olympic-qualifying-games\/","url_meta":{"origin":39392,"position":0},"title":"Paris 2024 : Evelyn Badu powers Black Queens to victory over Benin in Olympic Qualifying Games","author":"Raphael Bannerman-Quartey","date":"October 31, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"The Black Queens of Ghana qualified for the next stage of the 2024 Olympic Games after beating Benin in the second leg at the Accra Sports Stadium.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 The hosts came into this game after a thumping away win to Benin with a double from Gifty Assifuah and Doris Boaduwaa.\u00a0\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Featured&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Featured","link":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/category\/featured\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saharafootball.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/queens-2.jpg?fit=1024%2C682&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saharafootball.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/queens-2.jpg?fit=1024%2C682&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saharafootball.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/queens-2.jpg?fit=1024%2C682&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saharafootball.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/queens-2.jpg?fit=1024%2C682&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":38407,"url":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/black-stars-coach-chris-hughton-in-france-to-watch-ghanaian-players\/","url_meta":{"origin":39392,"position":1},"title":"Black Stars coach, Chris Hughton in France to watch Ghanaian players","author":"Selasi Fiawoyi","date":"August 15, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Black Stars coach Chris Hughton scouts France-based Ghanaian players. 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