{"id":316766,"date":"2016-01-31T13:22:48","date_gmt":"2016-01-31T13:22:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/spiritual-assistancethe-secret-behind-ghanas-1995-fifa-u17-glory-awudu-issaka\/"},"modified":"2016-01-31T13:22:48","modified_gmt":"2016-01-31T13:22:48","slug":"spiritual-assistancethe-secret-behind-ghanas-1995-fifa-u17-glory-awudu-issaka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2016\/01\/31\/spiritual-assistancethe-secret-behind-ghanas-1995-fifa-u17-glory-awudu-issaka\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Spiritual Assistance\u2019;The secret behind Ghana\u2019s 1995 FIFA U17 glory &#8211; Awudu Issaka"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\" readability=\"42.647628267183\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Soccer News of Friday, 29 January 2016<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>sportscrusader.com<\/p>\n<p>2016-01-29<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/\u2018Spiritual-Assistance\u2019The-secret-behind-Ghana\u2019s-1995-FIFA-U17-glory-Awudu-Issaka.295\" alt=\"Disco Jj\" title=\"Disco Jj\" width=\"295\" height=\"184\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Awudu Issaka<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Mallam Issaka Salia\u2019s revelation alleging Rashid Sumaila is responsible for Jerry Akaminko\u2019s career threatening injury pre-world cup 2014 in a friendly match against Netherlands has opened up closets of spiritual assistance sought by heads of the national teams and its players.<\/p>\n<p>Many have accused players called into the various national teams of consulting \u2018black magic\u2019 to help their course of retaining their spot when they are called up for the teams. It&#8217;s been difficult to prove as many players refuse to comment on but in the long run, do when things begin to fall apart in their life post-footballing career.<\/p>\n<p>Awudu Issaka, nicknamed the dribbling magician was a prominent member of the U17 team that brought Ghana glory in 1995 but his career that many predicted will be a fruitful and successful one didn\u2019t go as planned.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nIn an interview with Kumasi-based radio, Boss FM 93.7, Issaka revealed the secret behind their success story in Ecuador and why they were confident before the tournament even commenced.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn 1995 before we travelled to Ecuador for the FIFA U-17 world cup, we visited a man of God named, Servant Isaac at Akim-Oda who forecasted that we\u2019ll win the tournament. He then cursed his Church to collapse should we return to Ghana without the FIFA U17 world cup trophy and this statement meant he (the man of God) knew what had seen,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUpon arrival in Ghana with the trophy the playing body especially the players had deals outside and as a result, the praise that he was expecting from us was absent and from thence he cursed the team and I made to believe it is a contributing factor to the current decline of the national U-17,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Ghana is yet to replicate the success story in 1991 and 1995.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 28 updated by: -1 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Soccer News of Friday, 29 January 2016 Source: sportscrusader.com 2016-01-29 Awudu Issaka Mallam Issaka Salia\u2019s revelation alleging Rashid Sumaila is responsible for Jerry Akaminko\u2019s career threatening injury pre-world cup 2014 in a friendly match against Netherlands has opened up closets of spiritual assistance sought by heads of the national teams and its players. 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