{"id":608556,"date":"2019-04-18T12:22:10","date_gmt":"2019-04-18T12:22:10","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Sports News of Thursday, 18 April 2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>citinewsroom.com<\/p>\n2019-04-18\n\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghana-mma.com\/2019\/04\/64720"},"modified":"2019-04-18T12:22:10","modified_gmt":"2019-04-18T12:22:10","slug":"black-stars-to-beef-up-backroom-staff-ahead-of-egypt-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/04\/18\/black-stars-to-beef-up-backroom-staff-ahead-of-egypt-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Stars to beef up backroom staff ahead of Egypt 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Sports News of Thursday, 18 April 2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>citinewsroom.com<\/p>\n<p>2019-04-18<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanamma.com\/2019\/04\/64720546.295.jpg\" alt=\"Black Stars Coaches\" title=\"Black Stars Coaches\" width=\"295\" height=\"197\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>The current Black Stars technical team<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> Black Stars head coach Kwesi Appiah, has confirmed that additions will be made to the team\u2019s backroom staff ahead of the 2019 Afcon in Egypt.<\/p>\n<p>Appiah has maintained that Ghana\u2019s success at the competition will be dependent on how well the team prepares.<\/p>\n<p>These extra hands are an indicator of what he intends doing.<\/p>\n<p>The core of the additions that will be made will focus on scouting and match review duties.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAutomatically there will be some people to join the technical team.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have not yet made up my mind on them but there will also be three scouts to join the team who will be monitoring opponents.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHopefully in a week or two things should be put in place.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will also have a physical trainer and an analyst coach,\u201d he revealed.<\/p>\n<p>Ghana have been drawn in Group F with neighbours Benin, defending champions Cameroon and debutantes Guinea-Bissau.<\/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 Thursday, 18 April 2019 Source: citinewsroom.com 2019-04-18 The current Black Stars technical team Black Stars head coach Kwesi Appiah, has confirmed that additions will be made to the team\u2019s backroom staff ahead of the 2019 Afcon in Egypt. 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