{"id":418672,"date":"2017-09-15T10:30:32","date_gmt":"2017-09-15T10:30:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/09\/15\/wafu-cup-coach-maxwell-konadu-plays-down-early-title-favourites\/"},"modified":"2017-09-15T10:30:32","modified_gmt":"2017-09-15T10:30:32","slug":"wafu-cup-coach-maxwell-konadu-plays-down-early-title-favourites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/09\/15\/wafu-cup-coach-maxwell-konadu-plays-down-early-title-favourites\/","title":{"rendered":"WAFU Cup: Coach Maxwell Konadu plays down early title favourites"},"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, 15 September 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>GHANAsoccernet.com <\/p>\n<p>2017-09-15<\/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\/59085927.295.jpg\" alt=\"Maxwell Konadu 3\" title=\"Maxwell Konadu 3\" width=\"295\" height=\"166\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Coach 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\/1505471431_211_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> Black Stars B coach Maxwell Konadu has played down WAFU Cup favourites tag following their impressive victory over Guinea.<\/p>\n<p>Ghana recovered from their abysmal start to the ongoing WAFU Cup as they overcame the Syli Nationale of Guinea 2-0 at the Cape Coast Stadium on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Second half strikes from Stephen Sarfo and Kwame Kizito was all the Black Stars needed to move atop of Group A standings.<\/p>\n<p>Following the team&#8217;s superb performance on Thursday, many believe they have the requisite personnel to clinch the title.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Talking of winning the tournament at this time, I think it&#8217;s early days yet. We have a couple of matches to play before we will know if we&#8217;ve achieved our aim or not,&#8221; says Konadu.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We spoke to the players one-on-one before the match and did a lot of practice with them especially those who were playing in unfamiliar positions and they perfectly executed the game plan. Seeing Abbey [Thomas] win the valuable Player should tell you the work we put in this game.&#8221;<\/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. Click for more news.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Related Articles:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Comments:<\/strong><br \/>This article has no comments yet, be the first to comment\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 4 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, 15 September 2017 Source: GHANAsoccernet.com 2017-09-15 Coach Maxwell Konadu &#13; Black Stars B coach Maxwell Konadu has played down WAFU Cup favourites tag following their impressive victory over Guinea. Ghana recovered from their abysmal start to the ongoing WAFU Cup as they overcame the Syli Nationale of Guinea 2-0 at the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":415821,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-418672","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>WAFU Cup: Coach Maxwell Konadu plays down early title favourites - 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\/15\/wafu-cup-coach-maxwell-konadu-plays-down-early-title-favourites\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"WAFU Cup: Coach Maxwell Konadu plays down early title favourites - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Sports News of Friday, 15 September 2017 Source: GHANAsoccernet.com 2017-09-15 Coach Maxwell Konadu &#013; Black Stars B coach Maxwell Konadu has played down WAFU Cup favourites tag following their impressive victory over Guinea. Ghana recovered from their abysmal start to the ongoing WAFU Cup as they overcame the Syli Nationale of Guinea 2-0 at the [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ghanamma\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@ghanamma\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/09\\\/15\\\/wafu-cup-coach-maxwell-konadu-plays-down-early-title-favourites\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/09\\\/15\\\/wafu-cup-coach-maxwell-konadu-plays-down-early-title-favourites\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"\",\"@id\":\"\"},\"headline\":\"WAFU Cup: Coach Maxwell Konadu plays down early title favourites\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-09-15T10:30:32+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/09\\\/15\\\/wafu-cup-coach-maxwell-konadu-plays-down-early-title-favourites\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":225,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/09\\\/15\\\/wafu-cup-coach-maxwell-konadu-plays-down-early-title-favourites\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"\",\"articleSection\":[\"Sports\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/09\\\/15\\\/wafu-cup-coach-maxwell-konadu-plays-down-early-title-favourites\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/09\\\/15\\\/wafu-cup-coach-maxwell-konadu-plays-down-early-title-favourites\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/09\\\/15\\\/wafu-cup-coach-maxwell-konadu-plays-down-early-title-favourites\\\/\",\"name\":\"WAFU Cup: Coach Maxwell Konadu plays down early title favourites - Ghanamma.com\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/09\\\/15\\\/wafu-cup-coach-maxwell-konadu-plays-down-early-title-favourites\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/09\\\/15\\\/wafu-cup-coach-maxwell-konadu-plays-down-early-title-favourites\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-09-15T10:30:32+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/09\\\/15\\\/wafu-cup-coach-maxwell-konadu-plays-down-early-title-favourites\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/09\\\/15\\\/wafu-cup-coach-maxwell-konadu-plays-down-early-title-favourites\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"\",\"contentUrl\":\"\"},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/\",\"name\":\"Ghanamma.com\",\"description\":\"News In Ghana - Latest Ghana News Headlines\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"WAFU Cup: Coach Maxwell Konadu plays down early title favourites - Ghanamma.com","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/09\/15\/wafu-cup-coach-maxwell-konadu-plays-down-early-title-favourites\/","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_title":"WAFU Cup: Coach Maxwell Konadu plays down early title favourites - Ghanamma.com","twitter_description":"Sports News of Friday, 15 September 2017 Source: GHANAsoccernet.com 2017-09-15 Coach Maxwell Konadu &#13; Black Stars B coach Maxwell Konadu has played down WAFU Cup favourites tag following their impressive victory over Guinea. Ghana recovered from their abysmal start to the ongoing WAFU Cup as they overcame the Syli Nationale of Guinea 2-0 at the [&hellip;]","twitter_creator":"@ghanamma","twitter_site":"@ghanamma","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/09\/15\/wafu-cup-coach-maxwell-konadu-plays-down-early-title-favourites\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/09\/15\/wafu-cup-coach-maxwell-konadu-plays-down-early-title-favourites\/"},"author":{"name":"","@id":""},"headline":"WAFU Cup: Coach Maxwell Konadu plays down early title favourites","datePublished":"2017-09-15T10:30:32+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/09\/15\/wafu-cup-coach-maxwell-konadu-plays-down-early-title-favourites\/"},"wordCount":225,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/09\/15\/wafu-cup-coach-maxwell-konadu-plays-down-early-title-favourites\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"","articleSection":["Sports"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/09\/15\/wafu-cup-coach-maxwell-konadu-plays-down-early-title-favourites\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/09\/15\/wafu-cup-coach-maxwell-konadu-plays-down-early-title-favourites\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/09\/15\/wafu-cup-coach-maxwell-konadu-plays-down-early-title-favourites\/","name":"WAFU Cup: Coach Maxwell Konadu plays down early title favourites - Ghanamma.com","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/09\/15\/wafu-cup-coach-maxwell-konadu-plays-down-early-title-favourites\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/09\/15\/wafu-cup-coach-maxwell-konadu-plays-down-early-title-favourites\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"","datePublished":"2017-09-15T10:30:32+00:00","author":{"@id":""},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/09\/15\/wafu-cup-coach-maxwell-konadu-plays-down-early-title-favourites\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/09\/15\/wafu-cup-coach-maxwell-konadu-plays-down-early-title-favourites\/#primaryimage","url":"","contentUrl":""},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/","name":"Ghanamma.com","description":"News In Ghana - Latest Ghana News Headlines","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418672","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=418672"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418672\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=418672"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=418672"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=418672"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}