{"id":419978,"date":"2017-09-19T12:30:25","date_gmt":"2017-09-19T12:30:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/09\/19\/2017-wafu-cup-maxwell-konadu-explains-bad-day-caused-ghanas-defeat-to-nigeria\/"},"modified":"2017-09-19T12:30:25","modified_gmt":"2017-09-19T12:30:25","slug":"2017-wafu-cup-maxwell-konadu-explains-bad-day-caused-ghanas-defeat-to-nigeria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/09\/19\/2017-wafu-cup-maxwell-konadu-explains-bad-day-caused-ghanas-defeat-to-nigeria\/","title":{"rendered":"2017 WAFU Cup: Maxwell Konadu explains bad day caused Ghana&#8217;s defeat to Nigeria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Sports News of Tuesday, 19 September 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>GHANAsoccernet.com <\/p>\n<p>2017-09-19<\/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\/58272287.295.jpg\" alt=\"Maxwell Konadu Tr\" title=\"Maxwell Konadu Tr\" width=\"295\" height=\"199\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>&#8216;It is not about the goals we conceded. It is rather about how fit our players were&#8217;<\/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\/1505824225_812_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Ghana coach Maxwell Konadu said his boys had a bad day at the office after losing 2-0 to rivals Nigeria in their final 2017 WAFU Cup of Nations, Group A match on Monday, September 18 at Cape Coast Sports Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>The Black Stars were second best on the afternoon and could not replicate the form that saw them account for Guinea and Mali to confirm their semifinal slot.<\/p>\n<p>Nigeria&#8217;s Super Eagles ran rampant with a pair of second half goals from Anthony Okpotu and Peter Moses in the 53rd and 56th minutes respectively doing the damage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think the game against Nigeria was a difficult one, but all the same I have to congratulate the boys for what they did even though we lost game, they played through a lot of difficulties,\u201d said Konadu.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have to congratulate Nigeria, they took their chances and played very well. It was a day, nothing really worked for us.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will go back, rest well and recover for Thursday and the semifinal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ghana will face the second best team in Group B on Thursday, September 21 at the Cape Coast Stadium in the first semifinal of the day.<\/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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