{"id":416024,"date":"2017-09-08T05:00:23","date_gmt":"2017-09-08T05:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/09\/08\/gfa-spokesperson-unsure-of-black-stars-world-cup-qualification\/"},"modified":"2017-09-08T05:00:23","modified_gmt":"2017-09-08T05:00:23","slug":"gfa-spokesperson-unsure-of-black-stars-world-cup-qualification","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/09\/08\/gfa-spokesperson-unsure-of-black-stars-world-cup-qualification\/","title":{"rendered":"GFA spokesperson unsure of Black Stars World Cup qualification"},"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,  8 September 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>GHANAsoccernet.com <\/p>\n<p>2017-09-08<\/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\/77792320.295.jpg\" alt=\"Saanie Gnpc\" title=\"Saanie Gnpc\" width=\"295\" height=\"194\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Communication director of the Ghana Football Association Ibrahim Sannie Daara<\/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\/1504846823_119_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> Communication director of the Ghana Football Association Ibrahim Sannie Daara has admitted that Ghana&#8217;s chances of qualifying to next year&#8217;s FIFA World Cup in Russia looks frowzy, but says all is not lost.<\/p>\n<p>The Black Stars are on the brink of losing out on a place in next year&#8217;s FIFA World Cup finals following their underwhelming qualifying campaign, where they are sitting third on the standings, four behind leaders Egypt with two games to end.<\/p>\n<p>Many football enthusiasts have already given up hope on the team&#8217;s chances after Egypt took a commanding lead on the log, and only need four points in their final two games to seal qualification.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with Happy FM&#8217;s, the nation&#8217;s football governing body spokesperson reckoned that the task at hand looks lofty but they&#8217;re not ready to give up yet.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;On paper we have a chance because looking at what Congo did to us here, same could happen to Egypt. Who predicted that Gabon will beat Ivory Coast,&#8221; says Sannie Daara.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Imagine that Ghana beat Uganda in Kampala and Congo manage to pick a draw or beat Egypt, it&#8217;ll mean we&#8217;re still in the picture then the final game in Kumasi will be a decider, so we shouldn&#8217;t throw in the towel yet. We should rather encourage the players,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The fight will not come cheap because Egypt are doing everything at all cost to secure the ticket. They have gone through a lot in the last few years and have realised that they can use football to unite the country hence they&#8217;re very eager to qualify.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Everywhere we&#8217;ll go Egypt have already been there. Everything we&#8217;ve done, they have done same so it has made things difficult for us. We&#8217;re in this country crying about how to invest in football but Egypt have made it clear that they have unlimited cash to invest to achieve their goal,&#8221; Sannie concluded.<\/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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