{"id":416476,"date":"2017-09-09T04:00:23","date_gmt":"2017-09-09T04:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/09\/09\/wafu-nations-cup-we-cant-afford-to-fail-ghanaians-again-maxwell-konadu\/"},"modified":"2017-09-09T04:00:23","modified_gmt":"2017-09-09T04:00:23","slug":"wafu-nations-cup-we-cant-afford-to-fail-ghanaians-again-maxwell-konadu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/09\/09\/wafu-nations-cup-we-cant-afford-to-fail-ghanaians-again-maxwell-konadu\/","title":{"rendered":"WAFU Nations Cup: We can\u2019t afford to fail Ghanaians again &#8211; Maxwell Konadu"},"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 Saturday,  9 September 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>sportsworldghana.com<\/p>\n<p>2017-09-09<\/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\/13026481.295.jpg\" alt=\"Maxwell Konadu2\" title=\"Maxwell Konadu2\" width=\"295\" height=\"223\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Maxwell Konadu<\/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\/1504929623_711_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> Black Stars \u2018B\u2019 head coach Maxwell Konadu is optimistic his side will be able to win the WAFU Nations Cup insisting they cannot afford to fail Ghanaians for the second time.<\/p>\n<p>The team failed to secure a ticket for the 2018 Africa nations championship slated for Kenya.<\/p>\n<p>Ghana\u2019s tie with Gambia is one of 8 first round eliminators in the tournament with the winners progressing to the group stages.<\/p>\n<p>Coach Konadu says they will leave up to expectation at this year\u2019s event.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think we are going out there to make sure that we are coming out victorious that is what we are thinking about because we just can\u2019t afford to fail Ghanaians again\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have to move on and progress to the next stage by winning against the Gambians\u201dhe told Starr Sports<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 55 updated by: 55 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"rightsection\">\n<div class=\"rightNavSection\" style=\"height:600px; margin-bottom:10px; clear:both;\">\n<div id=\"537376779\" style=\"width:160px;height:600px;margin:0;padding:0\">\n\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"4456be6c9c\" name=\"4456be6c9c\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537376779&amp;cb=149916385110441\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"160\" height=\"600\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/1504929623_227_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\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 Saturday, 9 September 2017 Source: sportsworldghana.com 2017-09-09 Maxwell Konadu &#13; Black Stars \u2018B\u2019 head coach Maxwell Konadu is optimistic his side will be able to win the WAFU Nations Cup insisting they cannot afford to fail Ghanaians for the second time. 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