{"id":275244,"date":"2011-02-02T04:13:51","date_gmt":"2011-02-02T04:13:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/?p=50376"},"modified":"2011-02-02T04:13:51","modified_gmt":"2011-02-02T04:13:51","slug":"local-black-stars-seek-to-improve-after-friendly-defeat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/02\/02\/local-black-stars-seek-to-improve-after-friendly-defeat\/","title":{"rendered":"Local Black Stars Seek To Improve After Friendly Defeat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ghana\u2019s home-based national team  assistant coach Nurudeen Amadu claims his side must improve after being  exposed after last Sunday\u2019s 1-0 defeat to Kenyan Premier League side Gor  Mahia.<br \/>\nAmadu believes the defeat exposed weakness in the team  ahead of the CHAN campaign in Sudan where the local Black Stars play  South Africa, Zimbabwe and Niger in Group B.<br \/>\nThe Wa All Stars  assistant knows some remedial amount of work must be done before the  tournament kick-starts on Friday 4 February.<br \/>\n\u201cI have realised we  have to improve our game if we are beat host South Africa in our first  CHAN match. I Gor for exposing our weaknesses that we need to cover up  before we go for the continental event,\u201d said coach Amadu.<br \/>\nThe  local Black Stars were without five players and head coach Herbert Addo  who flew from Nairobi to join Aduana Stars for their Caf Champions  League qualifier against Wydad Casablanca in Morocco. Ghana will leave  Nairobi for Sudan on Tuesday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ghana\u2019s home-based national team assistant coach Nurudeen Amadu claims his side must improve after being exposed after last Sunday\u2019s 1-0 defeat to Kenyan Premier League side Gor Mahia. 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