{"id":607336,"date":"2019-04-12T16:42:37","date_gmt":"2019-04-12T16:42:37","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Sports News of Friday, 12 April 2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>citinewsroom.com<\/p>\n2019-04-12\n\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghana-mma.com\/2019\/03\/2741426"},"modified":"2019-04-12T16:42:37","modified_gmt":"2019-04-12T16:42:37","slug":"kwesi-appiah-labels-ghana-underdogs-ahead-of-afcon-2019-draw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/04\/12\/kwesi-appiah-labels-ghana-underdogs-ahead-of-afcon-2019-draw\/","title":{"rendered":"Kwesi Appiah labels Ghana underdogs ahead of Afcon 2019 draw"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Sports News of Friday, 12 April 2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>citinewsroom.com<\/p>\n<p>2019-04-12<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanamma.com\/2019\/03\/27414262.295.jpg\" alt=\"Kwesi Appiah Ashfoam\" title=\"Kwesi Appiah Ashfoam\" width=\"295\" height=\"172\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Black Stars head coach Kwesi Appiah<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> Black Stars head coach Kwesi Appiah believes Ghana is not among the favourites to win the Afcon 2019 in Egypt ahead of the draw in Cairo.<\/p>\n<p>Ghana was not seeded and have been placed in POT 2 for the draw, a situation which further complicates the path to a final and possible fifth title.<\/p>\n<p>The teams for the AFCON were seeded based on the latest FIFA rankings.<\/p>\n<p>Ghana and DR Congo missed out on slots in POT A because Egypt and Cameroon are guaranteed slots by virtue of being hosts and defending champions respectively.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe most important thing is to prepare your mind for anything that comes your way.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI personally think that at the moment Ghana look like underdogs but I have confidence in the players and believe that they will surprise many,\u201d he revealed ahead of the draw.<\/p>\n<p>Ghana will be joined in Pot 2 by DR Congo, Mali, Cote d\u2019Ivoire, Guinea and Algeria.<\/p>\n<p>Full AFCON 2019 Draw Pots:<\/p>\n<p>Pot 1: Egypt, Cameroon, Senegal, Tunisia, Nigeria, Morocco<\/p>\n<p>Pot 2: DR Congon, Ghana, Mali, Cote d\u2019Ivoire, Guinea, Algeria<\/p>\n<p>Pot 3: South Africa, Uganda, Benin, Mauritania, Madagascar, Kenya<\/p>\n<p>Pot 4: Zimbabwe, Namibia, Guinea Bissau, Angola, Tanzania, Burundi<\/p>\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 Friday, 12 April 2019 Source: citinewsroom.com 2019-04-12 Black Stars head coach Kwesi Appiah Black Stars head coach Kwesi Appiah believes Ghana is not among the favourites to win the Afcon 2019 in Egypt ahead of the draw in Cairo. Ghana was not seeded and have been placed in POT 2 for the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":600767,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-607336","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-local-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Kwesi Appiah labels Ghana underdogs ahead of Afcon 2019 draw - 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\/2019\/04\/12\/kwesi-appiah-labels-ghana-underdogs-ahead-of-afcon-2019-draw\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Kwesi Appiah labels Ghana underdogs ahead of Afcon 2019 draw - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Sports News of Friday, 12 April 2019 Source: citinewsroom.com 2019-04-12 Black Stars head coach Kwesi Appiah Black Stars head coach Kwesi Appiah believes Ghana is not among the favourites to win the Afcon 2019 in Egypt ahead of the draw in Cairo. 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