{"id":448372,"date":"2011-06-27T09:40:31","date_gmt":"2011-06-27T09:40:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/06\/27\/ghana-u23-coach-blames-fatigue-for-nigeria-defeat\/"},"modified":"2011-06-27T09:40:31","modified_gmt":"2011-06-27T09:40:31","slug":"ghana-u23-coach-blames-fatigue-for-nigeria-defeat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/27\/ghana-u23-coach-blames-fatigue-for-nigeria-defeat\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghana U23 Coach Blames Fatigue For Nigeria Defeat"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"50\">\n<p><strong>By Patrick Akoto<\/strong><\/p>\n<div readability=\"7\"><strong><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-32857\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanasoccernet.com\/ghana-u23-coach-blames-fatigue-for-nigeria-defeat\/akwasi-appiah-10\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-32857\" title=\"Akwasi Appiah\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanasoccernet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/akwasi-appiah3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Akwasi Appiah blames fatigue for Ghana U23 defeat to Nigeria<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Ghana Under-23 coach Akwasi Appiah has blamed fatigue for his side\u2019s 3-1 defeat to Nigeria in the final qualifying round first leg tie.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Black Meteors are at the edge of elimination and must get a favourable result to play at the finals in Maputo, Mozambique.<\/p>\n<p>Appiah fielded a star-studded side which included seven members of the senior national team.<\/p>\n<p>The Black Stars assistant coach claims his side have the mental fortitude to overturn the deficit.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe played well in the first half but I think they got tired and lost the fire power in the second half. But we have learnt our lessons and we\u2019ll have to go back and take it from there,\u201d Appiah said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe created quite a number of decent chances and we will leave no stone unturned in the second leg to ensure we qualify for the championship.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>More:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/ghanasoccernet.com\/ghana-u23-coach-blames-fatigue-for-nigeria-defeat\/\" title=\"Ghana U23 Coach Blames Fatigue For Nigeria Defeat\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ghana U23 Coach Blames Fatigue For Nigeria Defeat<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Patrick Akoto Akwasi Appiah blames fatigue for Ghana U23 defeat to Nigeria Ghana Under-23 coach Akwasi Appiah has blamed fatigue for his side\u2019s 3-1 defeat to Nigeria in the final qualifying round first leg tie. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-448372","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - 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