{"id":420223,"date":"2017-09-20T04:00:28","date_gmt":"2017-09-20T04:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/09\/20\/winning-u-17-world-cup-possible-with-god-black-starlets-captain-eric-ayiah\/"},"modified":"2017-09-20T04:00:28","modified_gmt":"2017-09-20T04:00:28","slug":"winning-u-17-world-cup-possible-with-god-black-starlets-captain-eric-ayiah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/09\/20\/winning-u-17-world-cup-possible-with-god-black-starlets-captain-eric-ayiah\/","title":{"rendered":"Winning U-17 World Cup possible with God &#8211; Black Starlets Captain Eric Ayiah"},"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\/07\/86732214.295.jpg\" alt=\"Eric Ayiah4\" title=\"Eric Ayiah4\" width=\"295\" height=\"197\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Black Starlets captain, Eric Ayiah<\/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\/1505880028_288_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Captain of the national under-17 team, the Black Starlets says Ghana can win the FIFA under-17 world cup to be staged in India next month.<\/p>\n<p>Ghana is making a return to the World stage after a ten year absence and have been paired in group A with host India, South Americans Colombia and the United States.<\/p>\n<p>Eyiah, who was instrumental in Ghana\u2019s return to the big stage says their first target will be to make it out of the group.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Qualifying from the group stage is our first aim and we&#8217;re poised to achieve it, but the main target is to return home with the ultimate,&#8221; Ayiah told Happy FM.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the 17 year old striker has not ruled out the country\u2019s chance of winning the tournament.<\/p>\n<p>The Black Starlets are two times champions of the world cup, the last time being in 1995.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re not going to finish second this time around as we did in the African Cup. We know how difficult the task at hand is but nothing is impossible for God. The mistakes we did in the AFCON is rectified, so now we know how to tackle games as they come.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Ghana team will leave for Abu Dhabi on Wednesday to continue with preparations ahead of the tournament which begins on October 6th and ends on 24th.<\/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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