{"id":415300,"date":"2017-09-06T14:30:24","date_gmt":"2017-09-06T14:30:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/09\/06\/dont-blame-me-for-ghanas-inability-to-qualify-for-world-cup-vanderpuye\/"},"modified":"2017-09-06T14:30:24","modified_gmt":"2017-09-06T14:30:24","slug":"dont-blame-me-for-ghanas-inability-to-qualify-for-world-cup-vanderpuye","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/09\/06\/dont-blame-me-for-ghanas-inability-to-qualify-for-world-cup-vanderpuye\/","title":{"rendered":"Don\u2019t blame me for Ghana\u2019s inability to qualify for World Cup \u2013 Vanderpuye"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/51130979.295.jpg\" alt=\"Nii Lantey Vanderpuye Is Ghana's Sports Minister\" title=\"Nii Lantey Vanderpuye Is Ghana's Sports Minister\" width=\"295\" height=\"197\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Nii Lantey Vanderpuye, Former Sports Minister<\/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\/1504708224_140_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> Former Sports Minister, Honourable Nii Lantey Vanderpuye, says he remains blameless if the Black Stars is unable to secure qualification to next year football showpiece in Russia.<\/p>\n<p>The Black Stars chances of qualifying to next year\u2019s World Cup remains very slim having accumulated five points from four matches played so far thrilling group leaders Egypt with four points.<\/p>\n<p>Many Ghanaians have lashed out of the former Sports Minister for Ghana\u2019s sluggish start in the qualifiers during his reign at the Ministry as the Stars are on the verge of elimination.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnything can happen with few matches to end the qualifiers and it\u2019s beyond football that we can qualifier for the World Cup, but I can not be blamed because I am not part of the playing body.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome people have asserted that I didn\u2019t handle things well during the start of the qualifier but am not a coach neither the chairman of the management committee. So we should take politics out of football and look at things technical,\u201d Honourable Vanderpuye said.<\/p>\n<p>Ghana currently lies third in Group E with five points, whilst Egypt occupies top spot with nine points, followed by Uganda with seven points. Congo lie bottom of the group with just a point.<\/p>\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>Nii Lantey Vanderpuye, Former Sports Minister &#13; Former Sports Minister, Honourable Nii Lantey Vanderpuye, says he remains blameless if the Black Stars is unable to secure qualification to next year football showpiece in Russia. The Black Stars chances of qualifying to next year\u2019s World Cup remains very slim having accumulated five points from four matches [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":415304,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-415300","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Don\u2019t blame me for Ghana\u2019s inability to qualify for World Cup \u2013 Vanderpuye - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/09\/06\/dont-blame-me-for-ghanas-inability-to-qualify-for-world-cup-vanderpuye\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Don\u2019t blame me for Ghana\u2019s inability to qualify for World Cup \u2013 Vanderpuye - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Nii Lantey Vanderpuye, Former Sports Minister &#013; Former Sports Minister, Honourable Nii Lantey Vanderpuye, says he remains blameless if the Black Stars is unable to secure qualification to next year football showpiece in Russia. 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