{"id":14535,"date":"2011-12-15T20:56:04","date_gmt":"2011-12-15T20:56:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/12\/ghana-coach-denies-interference-in-afcon-squad-naming\/"},"modified":"2011-12-15T20:56:04","modified_gmt":"2011-12-15T20:56:04","slug":"ghana-coach-denies-interference-in-afcon-squad-naming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/12\/15\/ghana-coach-denies-interference-in-afcon-squad-naming\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghana Coach Denies Interference In Afcon Squad Naming"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"49.5\">\n<div readability=\"8\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanasoccernet.com\/ghana-coach-denies-interference-in-afcon-squad-naming\/img_4205-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-101162\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"IMG_4205\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/d2c560e293b5f45d538a1af01f6839d3d97d.124.82.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>From left: Assistant coach Akwesi Appiah, Goran Stevanovic and Kwesi Nyantakyi<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Goran Stevanovic insists he was not pressured by the Ghana FA to select players for the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There is huge impression that the Serbian trainer was forced to include some players against his will in the provisional 25-man squad.<\/p>\n<p>Stevanovic named Ghana Premier League leading scorer Emmanuel Baffour in his squad after earlier reports claimed no locally-based outfit player will be invited.<\/p>\n<p>He has dismissed those reports and said he will take full blame if results do not turn out as expected.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNobody pressured me for this squad. I will like to thank the Ghana FA Executive Members for giving me the freedom to choose the best players,\u201d Stevanovic said a media conference on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am ready to take responsibility for the result.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Previous post: <a href=\"http:\/\/ghanasoccernet.mobi\/stevanovic-emmanuel-baffour-earned-afcon-squad-place-on-merit\/\" rel=\"prev\">Stevanovic: \u201cemmanuel Baffour Earned Afcon Squad Place On Merit\u201d<\/a><br \/>Next post: <a href=\"http:\/\/ghanasoccernet.mobi\/prince-tagoe-gets-stevanovic-backing-to-shine-at-nations-cup\/\" rel=\"next\">Prince Tagoe Gets Stevanovic Backing To Shine At Nations Cup<\/a><\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> From left: Assistant coach Akwesi Appiah, Goran Stevanovic and Kwesi Nyantakyi Goran Stevanovic insists he was not pressured by the Ghana FA to select players for the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations. There is huge impression that the Serbian trainer was forced to include some players against his will in the provisional 25-man squad. Stevanovic named Ghana Premier League leading scorer Emmanuel Baffour in his squad after earlier reports claimed no locally-based outfit player will be invited. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14535","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Ghana Coach Denies Interference In Afcon Squad Naming - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/12\/15\/ghana-coach-denies-interference-in-afcon-squad-naming\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Ghana Coach Denies Interference In Afcon Squad Naming - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"From left: Assistant coach Akwesi Appiah, Goran Stevanovic and Kwesi Nyantakyi Goran Stevanovic insists he was not pressured by the Ghana FA to select players for the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations. 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