{"id":437814,"date":"2017-11-16T09:58:02","date_gmt":"2017-11-16T09:58:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/11\/16\/frank-acheampong-urges-ghanaians-to-move-on-from-world-cup-disappointment\/"},"modified":"2017-11-16T09:58:02","modified_gmt":"2017-11-16T09:58:02","slug":"frank-acheampong-urges-ghanaians-to-move-on-from-world-cup-disappointment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/11\/16\/frank-acheampong-urges-ghanaians-to-move-on-from-world-cup-disappointment\/","title":{"rendered":"Frank Acheampong urges Ghanaians to move on from World Cup disappointment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Sports News of Thursday, 16 November 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Goal.com <\/p>\n<p>2017-11-16<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/63635572.295.jpg\" alt=\"Frank Acheampong12\" title=\"Frank Acheampong12\" width=\"295\" height=\"201\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Frank  Acheampong<\/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\/1510826282_145_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Ghana winger Frank Acheampong says the Black Stars must switch focus to the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers following an unsuccessful World Cup qualifying campaign.<\/p>\n<p>The Black Stars brought their Russia 2018 series to a disappointing end on Sunday, playing out a 1-1 home draw with Egypt, who claimed the sole ticket of Group E.<\/p>\n<p>The four-time African champions ultimately finished third on the log, two and six points behind second-placed Uganda and the Pharaohs.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We could not qualify but we must forget about it and move forward.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u201cWe just have to look at the way forward, we have the Afcon qualifiers and that is what we must think about now.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was our wish to make it to Russia but unfortunately that couldn\u2019t happen. We must now move [forward].\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It is the first time Ghana miss out on playing at the World Cup since 2006.<\/p>\n<p>Ghana return to action in March next year against Kenya in the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying.<\/p>\n<p>Acheampong, who recently completed a permanent move to Chinese side Tianjin Teda, failed to earn a call-up for Sunday&#8217;s fixture.<\/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\/53372278.jpg\" style=\"padding-right:2px;\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"border:0; padding:0;width:100%; vertical-align:middle; font-size:11px;\">Courtesy of Goal.com &#8211; the world&#8217;s largest football website.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Comments:<\/strong><br \/>\nThis article has no comments yet, be the first to comment\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 55 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 Thursday, 16 November 2017 Source: Goal.com 2017-11-16 Frank Acheampong Ghana winger Frank Acheampong says the Black Stars must switch focus to the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers following an unsuccessful World Cup qualifying campaign. 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