{"id":437990,"date":"2017-11-16T21:27:09","date_gmt":"2017-11-16T21:27:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/11\/16\/gyan-hopeful-of-winning-afcon-2019\/"},"modified":"2017-11-16T21:27:09","modified_gmt":"2017-11-16T21:27:09","slug":"gyan-hopeful-of-winning-afcon-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/11\/16\/gyan-hopeful-of-winning-afcon-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Gyan hopeful of winning AFCON 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/89119238.295.jpg\" alt=\"Asamoah Gyan Score\" title=\"Asamoah Gyan Score\" width=\"295\" height=\"166\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Asamoah Gyan, Black Stars captain<\/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\/1510867629_312_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> The skipper of the Black Stars of Ghana, Asamoah Gyan is optimistic of winning the 2019 AFCON before retiring from international football.<\/p>\n<p>The former Sunderland striker is hoping to win the AFCON for Ghana before saying goodbye to the national team after coming close twice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201dI am praying that I can win the AFCON 2019. I have played in the tournament for quite sometime and i have experienced a lot of things. The sacrifices, the creticesm and many other things \u201dGyan told TV 3<\/p>\n<p>\u201dIt has not been easy but I just want to wrap up with something huge and that is what I am praying for. If that does not happen, I will still thank God because it has been a long journey\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201dConcerning the 2019 AFCON, the team cannot wait to get there even though the qualifiers are still ongoing. We want to qualify and see what happens\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gyan has featured in every AFCON for Ghana since 2008.<\/p>\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>Asamoah Gyan, Black Stars captain The skipper of the Black Stars of Ghana, Asamoah Gyan is optimistic of winning the 2019 AFCON before retiring from international football. The former Sunderland striker is hoping to win the AFCON for Ghana before saying goodbye to the national team after coming close twice. \u201dI am praying that I [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":405297,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-437990","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>Gyan hopeful of winning AFCON 2019 - 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\/16\/gyan-hopeful-of-winning-afcon-2019\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Gyan hopeful of winning AFCON 2019 - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Asamoah Gyan, Black Stars captain The skipper of the Black Stars of Ghana, Asamoah Gyan is optimistic of winning the 2019 AFCON before retiring from international football. 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