{"id":406494,"date":"2017-07-28T18:10:35","date_gmt":"2017-07-28T18:10:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/07\/28\/wafu-tournament-is-a-big-test-for-local-football-kuffour\/"},"modified":"2017-07-28T18:10:35","modified_gmt":"2017-07-28T18:10:35","slug":"wafu-tournament-is-a-big-test-for-local-football-kuffour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/07\/28\/wafu-tournament-is-a-big-test-for-local-football-kuffour\/","title":{"rendered":"WAFU tournament is a big test for local football \u2013 Kuffour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Sports News of Friday, 28 July 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>GNA<\/p>\n<p>2017-07-28<\/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\/78140648.295.jpg\" alt=\"Sammy Kuffuor Former Player\" title=\"Sammy Kuffuor Former Player\" width=\"295\" height=\"191\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Former Black Stars&#8217; Skipper, Samuel Osei Kuffuor<\/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=150106940086186\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=150106940086186\">&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/1501265435_659_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> Samuel Osei Kuffour, legendary Ghanaian centre back has said that the upcoming West Africa Football Union (WAFU) Cup of nations would be a good test for the Ghanaian local league.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with the press at the tournament draw on Thursday, Osei Kuffour said the tournament would help Ghanaians to know the level of the local football league.<\/p>\n<p>He said that the Black Stars \u2018B\u2019 must go all the way and win the ultimate to prove that there are quality players in the local league.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMany people are not happy with the draw but I am excited about it. This would be a good test for our local football to prove that we are doing the right thing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Black Stars must go all the way to win the tournament this year. If they fail it means we have to change our style and do something better\u201d, he noted.<\/p>\n<p>The former Bayern Munich defender said he is expecting a strongly contested tournament because of the quality of players the other countries possess.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am looking forward to a keenly contested tournament because we always have the best players in West Africa and all the teams would present a strong squad.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI hope the players would come here with something extraordinary and improve on their confidence for the 2019 African Cup of Nations in Cameroon\u201d, Osei Kuffour added.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 35 updated by: -1 --><\/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 Friday, 28 July 2017 Source: GNA 2017-07-28 Former Black Stars&#8217; Skipper, Samuel Osei Kuffuor &#13; Samuel Osei Kuffour, legendary Ghanaian centre back has said that the upcoming West Africa Football Union (WAFU) Cup of nations would be a good test for the Ghanaian local league. 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