{"id":397423,"date":"2017-07-01T15:09:51","date_gmt":"2017-07-01T15:09:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/07\/01\/kwesi-appiah-still-struggling-to-understand-how-usa-beat-ghana-in-2014\/"},"modified":"2017-07-01T15:09:51","modified_gmt":"2017-07-01T15:09:51","slug":"kwesi-appiah-still-struggling-to-understand-how-usa-beat-ghana-in-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/07\/01\/kwesi-appiah-still-struggling-to-understand-how-usa-beat-ghana-in-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"Kwesi Appiah still struggling to understand how USA beat Ghana in 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Sports News of Saturday,  1 July 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>GHANAsoccernet.com <\/p>\n<p>2017-07-01<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/10184095.295.jpg\" alt=\"James Kwesi Appiah Highs\" title=\"James Kwesi Appiah Highs\" width=\"295\" height=\"197\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Ghana coach Kwesi Appiah<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=149615265053595\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=149615265053595\">&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/1498921791_935_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Ghana coach Kwesi Appiah says he still has sleepless night regarding the 2-1 defeat he suffered at the hands of the USA in the 2014 World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe dominated possession and created chances and didn\u2019t take them.\u201dThen we made mistakes at the back in crucial moments too. Appiah told Kwese ESPN.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think there are many people who think the USA isn\u2019t a country to bother about much when it comes to football,\u201d he adds.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn 2006, that game was very close, then we needed extra time to settle the game in 2010, and in 2014 they beat us and effectively damaged our World Cup hopes, so there is always an extra edge to the game,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think there are many people who think the USA isn\u2019t a country to bother about much when it comes to football,\u201d he adds.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt will be easy to say this is just a friendly game but there is recent history between us so it won\u2019t simply be just a friendly game,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is also a big Ghanaian community there so it adds an extra<\/p>\n<div class=\"related_articles\" style=\"width: 100%;\">\n<div style=\"clear: both; font-size: 90%; background-color: #eeeaea; padding: 5px; width: 60%; margin-top: 10px;\">\n<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border:0; padding:0\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/96124592.jpg\" style=\"padding-right:2px;\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"border:0; padding:0;width:100%; vertical-align:middle; font-size:11px;\">Courtesy of <b>GHANAsoccernet.com<\/b> &#8211; Ghana&#8217;s leading football news website. 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