{"id":414061,"date":"2017-09-03T17:00:25","date_gmt":"2017-09-03T17:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/09\/03\/players-were-not-hungry-for-a-win-gyan-reveals-reason-for-congo-draw\/"},"modified":"2017-09-03T17:00:25","modified_gmt":"2017-09-03T17:00:25","slug":"players-were-not-hungry-for-a-win-gyan-reveals-reason-for-congo-draw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/09\/03\/players-were-not-hungry-for-a-win-gyan-reveals-reason-for-congo-draw\/","title":{"rendered":"Players were not hungry for a win &#8211; Gyan reveals reason for Congo draw"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"mainbody\">\n<div id=\"leftsection\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin:5px\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/1499852581_434_ghanasoccernet5_160x100.jpg\" alt=\"Click to go to GhanaSoccerNet\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Sports News of Sunday,  3 September 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>www.ghanaweb.com<\/p>\n<p>2017-09-03<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/60255559.295.jpg\" alt=\"Ghana Failed\" title=\"Ghana Failed\" width=\"295\" height=\"157\" \/><span class=\"play-icon\">play video<\/span><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Ghana drew with Congo on Friday<\/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\/09\/1504458025_761_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> Black Stars skipper Asamoah Gyan has attributed the team\u2019s lacklustre performance against Congo to the players&#8217; lack of desire to win.<\/p>\n<p>With Uganda beating Egypt a day earlier, Ghana was given an opportunity to put its World Cup hopes back on track but the Black Stars failed to take advantage after struggling with Congo to secure a point.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to the press after the game, Gyan admitted that Ghana\u2019s chances of qualification are really slim and also chided his colleagues for not having the determination and hunger to win the game.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the players were not at the required level tactically and mentally hence their inability to win the game and stand a good chance of securing a fourth-successive World Cup appearance.<\/p>\n<p>&#8221;It&#8217;s difficult, honestly, it&#8217;s very difficult. Things didn&#8217;t go well as expected and we didn&#8217;t play the way we expected to play like tactically and mentally. I don&#8217;t know what went wrong but I will say the desire wasn&#8217;t there today,&#8221; Gyan said in a post-match interview.<\/p>\n<p>&#8221;It&#8217;s one of those days that things do not happen. Nobody is to be blamed but it&#8217;s one of those days. 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