{"id":1112440,"date":"2022-06-06T17:45:05","date_gmt":"2022-06-06T17:45:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/06\/06\/2023-afconq-starting-squad-against-car-was-not-weak\/"},"modified":"2022-06-06T17:45:05","modified_gmt":"2022-06-06T17:45:05","slug":"2023-afconq-starting-squad-against-car-was-not-weak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/06\/06\/2023-afconq-starting-squad-against-car-was-not-weak\/","title":{"rendered":"2023 AFCONQ: Starting squad against CAR was not weak"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"628\" height=\"595\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/OA.png\"   alt=\"Otto Addo\" title=\"Otto Addo\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Otto Addo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Ghana coach,\u00a0Otto Addo has defended his team selection after Black Stars\u2019 draw against the Central African Republic [CAR] in the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations [AFCON] qualifiers on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Ghana, despite taking an early lead, had to settle for a 1-1 draw against CAR in their second Group E game at\u00a0the 11 de Novembro Stadium in Lunada in Angola.<\/p>\n<p>Addo made seven changes to the side that beat Madagascar at the Cape Coast Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking after the game on Sunday, the 46-year-old trainer said the team he picked for CAR game was a strong one.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think the team was not weak, we had a lot of ball possession, the problem was the goal we conceded because they were not made for that,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ ALSO<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe didn\u2019t run enough behind their defense. We had injuries, others were sick, and some have weak legs that is why I decided to make changes.<\/p>\n<p>Mohammed Kudus broke the deadlock in the 17th minute but Namnganda hit a ball past Ati-Zigi to make it 1-1 in the 41st minute.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the draw, Ghana still lie on top of Group E with four points same as Angola who also drew 1-1 with Madagascar.<\/p>\n<p>            <!--  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=videoseries[\/embed]<!--\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>--><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"SxX4Fu6u1Rk\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Botched Ritual: I was shocked to hear my daughter was nearly used as sacrifice - Mother (6-6-22)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SxX4Fu6u1Rk?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Otto Addo Ghana coach,\u00a0Otto Addo has defended his team selection after Black Stars\u2019 draw against the Central African Republic [CAR] in the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations [AFCON] qualifiers on Sunday. Ghana, despite taking an early lead, had to settle for a 1-1 draw against CAR in their second Group E game at\u00a0the 11 de [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1112442,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[11726,370,61,2572,3168],"class_list":["post-1112440","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-afconq","tag-car","tag-squad","tag-starting","tag-weak"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1112440","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1112440"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1112440\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1112440"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1112440"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1112440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}