{"id":607540,"date":"2019-04-13T10:44:05","date_gmt":"2019-04-13T10:44:05","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Sports News of Saturday, 13 April 2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Goal.com <\/p>\n2019-04-13\n\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghana-mma.com\/2019\/03\/35472436.295"},"modified":"2019-04-13T10:44:05","modified_gmt":"2019-04-13T10:44:05","slug":"ghana-coach-kwasi-appiah-reveals-approach-to-afcon-after-tricky-draw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/04\/13\/ghana-coach-kwasi-appiah-reveals-approach-to-afcon-after-tricky-draw\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghana coach Kwasi Appiah reveals approach to AFCON after tricky draw"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Sports News of Saturday, 13 April 2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Goal.com <\/p>\n<p>2019-04-13<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanamma.com\/2019\/03\/35472436.295.jpg\" alt=\"Kwesi Appiah Cape\" title=\"Kwesi Appiah Cape\" width=\"295\" height=\"195\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Ghana will be seeking to win the Afcon title for the first time since 1982<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Ghana coach James Kwasi Appiah says he is looking forward to giving his opponents \u201ca good game\u201d after being drawn against defending champions Cameroon, Benin and Guinea-Bissau in the group stage of the upcoming Africa Cup of Nations tournament in Egypt.<\/p>\n<p>The Black Stars \u2013 four-time champions \u2013 were placed in Group F in the draw conducted at the Sphinx and the Pyramids in Giza, Egypt, on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The 2015 finalists will open their campaign at the June 21-July 19 event against Benin on June 25, four days before squaring off against Cameroon, who eliminated the Stars in the semi-final of the last championship at Gabon 2017. Ghana\u2019s last group game will be against Guinea-Bissau on July 2.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have the defending champions [Cameroon] in our group,\u201d Appiah told SuperSport after the draw.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBenin and Guinea-Bissau are all strong teams. For them to qualify, that means they\u2019re doing very well.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe most important thing is we need to prepare very well so that whichever team comes our way, we\u2019ll be able to give them a very good game.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ghana\u2019s preparations for the upcoming tournament looks to have been affected by their Football Association\u2019s bribery and corruption scandal, which led to suspension of all local competitive matches between June 2018 and last month.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnfortunately, because of the incident in Ghana, the [local] league was not ongoing so we had to rely mostly on our foreign players,\u201d Appiah explained.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs you know, the players are professionals and when it comes to their work, the concentration [provided] is what they need to give out. So I believe that it [scandal] is not going to have too much effect on us. We\u2019ll come out with the best that we can do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Appiah also didn&#8217;t rule out a return for veteran captain Asamoah Gyan, who has missed Ghana\u2019s last 10 matches due to injury and loss of form.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe is part of the players that I\u2019m monitoring at the moment,\u201d the coach revealed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe has an injury but we\u2019re still monitoring the injury.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSince he\u2019s a Ghanaian, what I say is every Ghanaian has got the chance [to be selected], so you never know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ghana will be seeking to win the Afcon title for the first time since 1982.<\/p>\n<div class=\"related_articles\" style=\"width: 100%;\">\n<div style=\"clear: both; font-size: 90%; background-color: #eeeaea; padding: 5px; 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:\/\/cdn.ghanamma.com\/2019\/03\/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>Related Articles:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Comments:<\/strong><br \/>This article has 2 comment(s),  give your comment\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\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 Saturday, 13 April 2019 Source: Goal.com 2019-04-13 Ghana will be seeking to win the Afcon title for the first time since 1982 Ghana coach James Kwasi Appiah says he is looking forward to giving his opponents \u201ca good game\u201d after being drawn against defending champions Cameroon, Benin and Guinea-Bissau in the group [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":597476,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-607540","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 - 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