{"id":405174,"date":"2017-07-25T16:33:53","date_gmt":"2017-07-25T16:33:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/07\/25\/summer-afcon-great-decision-kwesi-appiah\/"},"modified":"2017-07-25T16:33:53","modified_gmt":"2017-07-25T16:33:53","slug":"summer-afcon-great-decision-kwesi-appiah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/07\/25\/summer-afcon-great-decision-kwesi-appiah\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer Afcon great decision-Kwesi Appiah"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Sports News of Tuesday, 25 July 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>primenewsghana.com<\/p>\n<p>2017-07-25<\/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\/73165577.295.jpg\" alt=\"Kwesi Appiah Sudan FC\" title=\"Kwesi Appiah Sudan FC\" width=\"295\" height=\"243\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>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=149916385178506\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=149916385178506\">&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/1501000433_721_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> Black Stars Head Coach Kwesi Appiah has hailed the decision of the Confederation of African football to move the African Cup of Nations from January to June.<\/p>\n<p>The change was made last week at a CAF symposium in Morocco and will take effect from June 2019 as Cameroon host the tournament.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is a good decision because many Clubs in Europe do not like African players because they lose them during the Competition in January&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8221; I don&#8217;t think any player will fake an injury to remain with their clubs because most leagues will be over before June.&#8221;He spoke in an interview played on Asempa FM.<\/p>\n<p>CAF has also increased the number of teams to participate in the tourney from 16 to 24.<\/p>\n<p>That move has however been met with mixed reactions as some think it will be a huge burden for host Nations while others feel it will evoke some form of competition.<\/p>\n<p>There has always been a great confusion as Clubs in Europe have over the years complained bitterly about the timing of the AFCON and this will come as a great a news for them.<\/p>\n<p>Coach Kwesi Appiah has been in the USA monitoring the performance of Ghanaian players in the Major League Soccer and expressed satisfaction with the level of their output.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 56 updated by: 56 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sports News of Tuesday, 25 July 2017 Source: primenewsghana.com 2017-07-25 Kwesi Appiah &#13; Black Stars Head Coach Kwesi Appiah has hailed the decision of the Confederation of African football to move the African Cup of Nations from January to June. 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