{"id":611838,"date":"2019-04-30T20:05:54","date_gmt":"2019-04-30T20:05:54","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Sports News of Tuesday, 30 April 2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>citinewsroom.com<\/p>\n2019-04-30\n\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghana-mma.com\/2019\/03\/365478"},"modified":"2019-04-30T20:05:54","modified_gmt":"2019-04-30T20:05:54","slug":"wakaso-off-the-pitch-conduct-key-to-afcon-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/04\/30\/wakaso-off-the-pitch-conduct-key-to-afcon-success\/","title":{"rendered":"Wakaso: Off the pitch conduct key to AFCON success"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Sports News of Tuesday, 30 April 2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>citinewsroom.com<\/p>\n<p>2019-04-30<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanamma.com\/2019\/03\/36547858.295.jpg\" alt=\"MUBARAK WAKASO \" title=\"MUBARAK WAKASO \" width=\"295\" height=\"325\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Ghana will aim to win the AFCON trophy for the first time in over 35 years<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Ghana and Deportivo Alaves midfielder Mubarak Wakaso believes how his fellow teammates in the national team conduct themselves off the pitch will be key to ending Ghana\u2019s Afcon drought.<\/p>\n<p>In the past, players have been reported to indulge in actions that have derailed the focus of the team.<\/p>\n<p>These activities vary from confrontations with management of the team over bonuses as well as disagreements over personnel selections.<\/p>\n<p>The Black Stars have managed an appearance in the finals and semifinals in the last two editions of the competition.<\/p>\n<p>According to Wakaso the team must exhibit a different level of maturity in the upcoming tournament in Egypt to accomplish what they haven\u2019t in the past.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAutomatically we have to be under pressure because for the past three AFCON&#8217;s we always make it to the semi-final but yet we don\u2019t win it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe always have it mind to come back with the trophy but it hasn\u2019t happened.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think as a player we need to sit down and put things in order before we move to this particular tournament.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe problem remains how we will manage ourselves outside the pitch before we go on to play,\u201d he told online outlet Football made in Ghana.<\/p>\n<p>The Black Stars will battle it out in Group F with defending Champions Cameroon, Benin and 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 Tuesday, 30 April 2019 Source: citinewsroom.com 2019-04-30 Ghana will aim to win the AFCON trophy for the first time in over 35 years Ghana and Deportivo Alaves midfielder Mubarak Wakaso believes how his fellow teammates in the national team conduct themselves off the pitch will be key to ending Ghana\u2019s Afcon drought. 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