{"id":719768,"date":"2019-10-09T17:33:49","date_gmt":"2019-10-09T17:33:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/10\/09\/konadu-anticipating-improved-performance-from-black-stars\/"},"modified":"2019-10-09T17:33:49","modified_gmt":"2019-10-09T17:33:49","slug":"konadu-anticipating-improved-performance-from-black-stars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/10\/09\/konadu-anticipating-improved-performance-from-black-stars\/","title":{"rendered":"Konadu anticipating improved performance from Black Stars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/NewsArticle\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- google_ad_section_start --><br \/>\n\t\t\t\tPrint<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"story-date\">Wednesday 9th October, 2019<\/h4>\n<div class=\"image-box\">\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" itemprop=\"image\" class=\"main\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/maxwell-konadu-wafu.jpg\" alt=\"Maxwell-Konadu WAFU\"\/><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<span style=\"display:none\" itemprop=\"description\">news, story, article<\/span><\/p>\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><b><span style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;&#10;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;color:#333333;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;&#10;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0cm;padding:0cm;mso-ansi-language:#2000;&#10;mso-fareast-language:#2000\">By Emmanuel Asante Attakora, GNA<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0cm;\">Accra, Oct. 09.<br \/>\nGNA<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0cm;\"> <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0cm;\">&#8211; Maxwell Konadu, Head Coach of the local Black Stars has said his team<br \/>\nwill lift up their game in the finals of the ongoing West African Football<br \/>\nChampionship (WAFU) tournament in Senegal after beating Cote D\u2019ivoire 1:0 to<br \/>\nqualify for the final on Sunday, October 13.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-size:11.0pt;&#10;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;&#10;color:#333333;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0cm;&#10;padding:0cm;mso-ansi-language:#2000;mso-fareast-language:#2000\">According to<br \/>\nhim, though Cote D\u2019ivoire played better than them, they carried the day<br \/>\nand\u00a0 was convinced the finals would see<br \/>\nan improved side.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-size:11.0pt;&#10;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;&#10;color:#333333;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0cm;&#10;padding:0cm;mso-ansi-language:#2000;mso-fareast-language:#2000\">\u201cI have been<br \/>\nwith this team for the past six years and I can say that they keep improving<br \/>\nyear after year and match after match.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-size:11.0pt;&#10;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;&#10;color:#333333;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0cm;&#10;padding:0cm;mso-ansi-language:#2000;mso-fareast-language:#2000\">\u201cWe didn\u2019t<br \/>\nstart preparations early for this tournament, but our game has been improving<br \/>\nand we believe we would play a much better and improved football than we did in<br \/>\nthe last game, though we won, they played better than us\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-size:11.0pt;&#10;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;&#10;color:#333333;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0cm;&#10;padding:0cm;mso-ansi-language:#2000;mso-fareast-language:#2000\">The former<br \/>\nAsante Kotoko coach said he had only one player from the team that won the 2017<br \/>\nedition available in his current squad, which makes the team entirely new but<br \/>\nthey were up to the task.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-size:11.0pt;&#10;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;&#10;color:#333333;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0cm;&#10;padding:0cm;mso-ansi-language:#2000;mso-fareast-language:#2000\">\u201cWe have only<br \/>\none member with us now from the 2017 squad. 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