{"id":39918,"date":"2023-12-13T19:34:13","date_gmt":"2023-12-13T19:34:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/?p=39918"},"modified":"2023-12-13T19:34:13","modified_gmt":"2023-12-13T19:34:13","slug":"afcon-2023-ck-akonnor-rallies-support-for-chris-hughton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/afcon-2023-ck-akonnor-rallies-support-for-chris-hughton\/","title":{"rendered":"AFCON 2023: CK Akonnor rallies support for Chris Hughton"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Former Black Stars head coach, Charles Kwablan Akonnor, has rallied for support for Chris Hughton ahead of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON).<\/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\">In the last few weeks, Hughton had come under incessant pressure from several quarters within the Ghanaian landscape for failing to grind the results for the country.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>READ MORE: <a title=\"Enock Adu Kofi: \u201cI am ready to play for Ghana\u201d\" href=\"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/enockghana\/\">Enock Adu Kofi: \u201cI am ready to play for Ghana\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">On the back of two consecutive international friendly losses against Mexico and the United States of America, the results have been dire in the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">In two games, he won one against, Madagascar and lost one to Comoros.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Despite the inconsistencies in results and the failure of Hughton to impose his football culture on the team, Akonnor is optimistic that the BlackStars coach will get things should he be given the needed time, patience, and support.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">&#8220;I know what he is going through. It&#8217;s a difficult time. Sometimes, you can get confused especially when the whole nation comes at you,&#8221;\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">&#8220;We need to be calm. There is a need for calmness to prepare well, get focused, and have a strategy for going into this tournament.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">&#8220;It&#8217;s a big deal for us as a football nation but we need to calm down and allow him to prepare the team adequately so we can go to this tournament and do well.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>READ\u00a0 MORE: <a title=\"Ignatius Osei-Fosu: \u201cMedeama wouldn\u2019t have sacked me if I met Kwesi Appiah early\u201d\" href=\"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/ignatius-osei-fosu-medeama-wouldnt-have-sacked-me-if-i-met-kwesi-appiah-early\/\">Ignatius Osei-Fosu: \u201cMedeama wouldn\u2019t have sacked me if I met Kwesi Appiah early\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Black Stars is housed in a tricky group with Egypt, Mozambique, and Cape Verde.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The 2023 AFCON is scheduled to come off on January 13 to February 11, 2024.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/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>Former Black Stars head coach, Charles Kwablan Akonnor, has rallied for support for Chris Hughton ahead of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON). In the last few weeks, Hughton had come under incessant pressure from several quarters within the Ghanaian landscape for failing to grind the results for the country. 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