{"id":437680,"date":"2017-11-15T23:34:53","date_gmt":"2017-11-15T23:34:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/11\/15\/we-should-learn-from-2018-world-cup-failure-kwesi-appiah\/"},"modified":"2017-11-15T23:34:53","modified_gmt":"2017-11-15T23:34:53","slug":"we-should-learn-from-2018-world-cup-failure-kwesi-appiah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/11\/15\/we-should-learn-from-2018-world-cup-failure-kwesi-appiah\/","title":{"rendered":"We should learn from 2018 World Cup failure \u2013 Kwesi Appiah"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Sports News of Wednesday, 15 November 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>www.ghanaweb.com<\/p>\n<p>2017-11-15<\/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\/70832909.295.jpg\" alt=\"Kwesi Appiah123\" title=\"Kwesi Appiah123\" width=\"295\" height=\"225\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Black Stars Coach, James Kwesi Appiah<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151057541642576\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151057541642576\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/1510788893_21_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Head coach of the Black Stars, James Kwesi Appiah says he hopes the country will learn from its failed attempt to qualify for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.<\/p>\n<p>According to Appiah, the poor start to the qualifying campaign under former coach Avram Grant was the undoing of the senior national football team.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on Metro TV on Wednesday, Appiah said \u201cI hope that next time we can learn from the World Cup failure. Yes, we could have saved our campaign and still qualified but in the end we started poorly and that cost us. Next time we need to start well and remain focus on the goal,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Appiah, who was coach of the Black Stars during the last World Cup in Brazil returned this year after the Ghana Football Association (GFA), decided not to renew the two and half contract of then coach Avram Grant.<\/p>\n<p>Grant started the 2018 qualifiers and managed only one point from the opening two games, putting Ghana at a disadvantage from the onset.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nAppiah tried to rescue the situation, but he managed to one win and three draws in the final four games.<\/p>\n<p>Egypt therefore qualified at the expense of Ghana, meaning the Black Stars failed to reach the World Cup for the first time since 2006.<\/p>\n<p>Appiah has however, decided to refocus his attention to building a new team, capable of qualifying to and winning the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations to be hosted in Cameroon.<\/p>\n<p>Kwesi Appiah also reiterated the point that his doors are not closed to any Ghanaian football player, including the Aye brothers as he prepares for future tournaments with the senior national team.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf a player has not been invited it does not mean that you are out of the team and if you are called now it does not guarantee anything. I keep saying that the players must just keep doing well in their leagues and I promise you that I am watching and monitoring\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 58 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 Wednesday, 15 November 2017 Source: www.ghanaweb.com 2017-11-15 Black Stars Coach, James Kwesi Appiah Head coach of the Black Stars, James Kwesi Appiah says he hopes the country will learn from its failed attempt to qualify for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. According to Appiah, the poor start to the qualifying [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":413562,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-437680","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>We should learn from 2018 World Cup failure \u2013 Kwesi Appiah - 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\/11\/15\/we-should-learn-from-2018-world-cup-failure-kwesi-appiah\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"We should learn from 2018 World Cup failure \u2013 Kwesi Appiah - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Sports News of Wednesday, 15 November 2017 Source: www.ghanaweb.com 2017-11-15 Black Stars Coach, James Kwesi Appiah Head coach of the Black Stars, James Kwesi Appiah says he hopes the country will learn from its failed attempt to qualify for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. According to Appiah, the poor start to the qualifying [&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=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/11\\\/15\\\/we-should-learn-from-2018-world-cup-failure-kwesi-appiah\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/11\\\/15\\\/we-should-learn-from-2018-world-cup-failure-kwesi-appiah\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"\",\"@id\":\"\"},\"headline\":\"We should learn from 2018 World Cup failure \u2013 Kwesi Appiah\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-11-15T23:34:53+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/11\\\/15\\\/we-should-learn-from-2018-world-cup-failure-kwesi-appiah\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":353,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/11\\\/15\\\/we-should-learn-from-2018-world-cup-failure-kwesi-appiah\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"\",\"articleSection\":[\"Sports\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/11\\\/15\\\/we-should-learn-from-2018-world-cup-failure-kwesi-appiah\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/11\\\/15\\\/we-should-learn-from-2018-world-cup-failure-kwesi-appiah\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/11\\\/15\\\/we-should-learn-from-2018-world-cup-failure-kwesi-appiah\\\/\",\"name\":\"We should learn from 2018 World Cup failure \u2013 Kwesi Appiah - Ghanamma.com\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/11\\\/15\\\/we-should-learn-from-2018-world-cup-failure-kwesi-appiah\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/11\\\/15\\\/we-should-learn-from-2018-world-cup-failure-kwesi-appiah\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-11-15T23:34:53+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/11\\\/15\\\/we-should-learn-from-2018-world-cup-failure-kwesi-appiah\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/11\\\/15\\\/we-should-learn-from-2018-world-cup-failure-kwesi-appiah\\\/#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":"We should learn from 2018 World Cup failure \u2013 Kwesi Appiah - 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\/11\/15\/we-should-learn-from-2018-world-cup-failure-kwesi-appiah\/","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_title":"We should learn from 2018 World Cup failure \u2013 Kwesi Appiah - Ghanamma.com","twitter_description":"Sports News of Wednesday, 15 November 2017 Source: www.ghanaweb.com 2017-11-15 Black Stars Coach, James Kwesi Appiah Head coach of the Black Stars, James Kwesi Appiah says he hopes the country will learn from its failed attempt to qualify for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. According to Appiah, the poor start to the qualifying [&hellip;]","twitter_creator":"@ghanamma","twitter_site":"@ghanamma","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/11\/15\/we-should-learn-from-2018-world-cup-failure-kwesi-appiah\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/11\/15\/we-should-learn-from-2018-world-cup-failure-kwesi-appiah\/"},"author":{"name":"","@id":""},"headline":"We should learn from 2018 World Cup failure \u2013 Kwesi Appiah","datePublished":"2017-11-15T23:34:53+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/11\/15\/we-should-learn-from-2018-world-cup-failure-kwesi-appiah\/"},"wordCount":353,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/11\/15\/we-should-learn-from-2018-world-cup-failure-kwesi-appiah\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"","articleSection":["Sports"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/11\/15\/we-should-learn-from-2018-world-cup-failure-kwesi-appiah\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/11\/15\/we-should-learn-from-2018-world-cup-failure-kwesi-appiah\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/11\/15\/we-should-learn-from-2018-world-cup-failure-kwesi-appiah\/","name":"We should learn from 2018 World Cup failure \u2013 Kwesi Appiah - Ghanamma.com","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/11\/15\/we-should-learn-from-2018-world-cup-failure-kwesi-appiah\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/11\/15\/we-should-learn-from-2018-world-cup-failure-kwesi-appiah\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"","datePublished":"2017-11-15T23:34:53+00:00","author":{"@id":""},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/11\/15\/we-should-learn-from-2018-world-cup-failure-kwesi-appiah\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/11\/15\/we-should-learn-from-2018-world-cup-failure-kwesi-appiah\/#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\/437680","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=437680"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/437680\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=437680"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=437680"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=437680"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}