{"id":43063,"date":"2025-03-11T18:04:49","date_gmt":"2025-03-11T18:04:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/?p=43063"},"modified":"2025-03-11T18:04:49","modified_gmt":"2025-03-11T18:04:49","slug":"agyemang-badu-attributes-blackstars-afcon-woes-to-otto-addo-gfa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/agyemang-badu-attributes-blackstars-afcon-woes-to-otto-addo-gfa\/","title":{"rendered":"Agyemang-Badu attributes BlackStars AFCON woes to Otto Addo, GFA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Former Ghana midfielder Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu has laid in on the GFA and Otto Addo as the main architects for the Black Stars\u2019 failure to qualify for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations.\u00a0<\/strong><\/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<p>According to him, the GFA and Otto Addo must co-share the burden of failing to aid the BlackStars to qualify it to the AFCON 2025 slated for Morocco.<\/p>\n<p>The team failed to pick a single win from six games, amassed three points from six games, finishing button in a group that housed Angola, Niger and Sudan.<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE: <a title=\"GFA introduces Happy Hour Project\" href=\"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/gfa-introduces-happy-hour-project\/\">GFA Introduces Happy Hour Project<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In an interview with Sporty FM, he opined that the GFA and Otto Addo must be blamed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Ghana Football Association (GFA) and Otto Addo must all share the blame for failing to qualify Ghana for the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON),\u201d the former Udinese and Asante Kotoko midfielder told Sporty FM.<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE: <a title=\"Roundup : Performance of Ghanaian players abroad\" href=\"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/roundup-performance-of-ghanaian-players-abroad-10\/\">Roundup: Performance of Ghanaian players abroad<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Black Stars will switch attention as they play Chad and Madagascar in the upcoming 2026 World Cup qualifying series.<\/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 Ghana midfielder Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu has laid in on the GFA and Otto Addo as the main architects for the Black Stars\u2019 failure to qualify for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations.\u00a0 &nbsp; According to him, the GFA and Otto Addo must co-share the burden of failing to aid the BlackStars to qualify it to<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":43064,"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-43063","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\/2025\/03\/Agyemang-Badu.jpg?fit=%2C&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8jzHl-bcz","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":42828,"url":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/injuries-part-of-the-reason-we-failed-to-qualify-for-afcon-otto-addo\/","url_meta":{"origin":43063,"position":0},"title":"Injuries part of the reason we failed to qualify for AFCON &#8211; Otto Addo","author":"Raphael Bannerman-Quartey","date":"January 29, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"GFA Communications Director,\u00a0 Henry Asante Twum has cited injuries as part of reasons Black Stars coach Otto Addo gave for not qualifying for AFCON 2025. 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