{"id":608826,"date":"2019-04-19T11:01:51","date_gmt":"2019-04-19T11:01:51","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Sports News of Friday, 19 April 2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Goal.com <\/p>\n2019-04-19\n\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghana-mma.com\/2019\/03\/98609152.295.j"},"modified":"2019-04-19T11:01:51","modified_gmt":"2019-04-19T11:01:51","slug":"afcon-2019-ghanas-squad-is-98-decided-says-coach-kwasi-appiah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/04\/19\/afcon-2019-ghanas-squad-is-98-decided-says-coach-kwasi-appiah\/","title":{"rendered":"AFCON 2019: Ghana&#8217;s squad is 98% decided, says coach Kwasi Appiah"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Sports News of Friday, 19 April 2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Goal.com <\/p>\n<p>2019-04-19<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanamma.com\/2019\/03\/98609152.295.jpg\" alt=\"Kwasi Appiah White\" title=\"Kwasi Appiah White\" width=\"295\" height=\"207\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Kwasi Appiah, Black Stars head coach<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Ghana&#8217;s final squad for the upcoming Africa Cup of Nations is almost decided, head coach James Kwesi Appiah has disclosed.<\/p>\n<p>Huge interest continues to follow the naming of the 23 men who will be tasked to win the title to end a sprawling 37-year title drought for the West African nation.<\/p>\n<p>A provisional squad is expected to be unveiled in May, with the final team to be named in June.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI should say I know about 98 percent of the players [who will be going to the Afcon],&#8221; Appiah told Asempa FM.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We keep monitoring players because along the line, there might be injuries and sicknesses.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll that we&#8217;re praying for is that our players are all fully fit with no injuries because as I speak, Harrison [Afful] has a broken jaw.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;[There are] some few other players I know have problems [in the form of] small injuries.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In addition to US-based Afful, Ghana currently have injury concerns over Leicester City utility man Daniel Amartey, Crystal Palace ace Jeffrey Schlupp and captain Asamoah Gyan, who has curiously missed the Black Stars&#8217; last 10 games.<\/p>\n<p>For the June 21-July 19 Afcon, Appiah&#8217;s outfit have been drawn in Group F which also contains five-time champions and cup holders Cameroon, Benin and Guinea-Bissau.<\/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 no comments yet, be the first to 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 Friday, 19 April 2019 Source: Goal.com 2019-04-19 Kwasi Appiah, Black Stars head coach Ghana&#8217;s final squad for the upcoming Africa Cup of Nations is almost decided, head coach James Kwesi Appiah has disclosed. 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