{"id":1132747,"date":"2022-06-24T07:35:14","date_gmt":"2022-06-24T07:35:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/06\/24\/andre-ayew-appears-in-parliament-over-2021-afcon-performance\/"},"modified":"2022-06-24T07:35:14","modified_gmt":"2022-06-24T07:35:14","slug":"andre-ayew-appears-in-parliament-over-2021-afcon-performance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/06\/24\/andre-ayew-appears-in-parliament-over-2021-afcon-performance\/","title":{"rendered":"Andre Ayew appears in Parliament over 2021 AFCON performance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"381\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Screenshot-2022-06-23-165758-696x381.png\"   alt=\"Andre Ayew and spokesperson, Fiifi Tackie\" title=\"Andre Ayew and spokesperson, Fiifi Tackie\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Andre Ayew and spokesperson, Fiifi Tackie<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Andre Ayew has finally appeared before Parliament\u2019s Select Committee on Youth and Sports to answer questions over the country\u2019s poor performance at the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations [AFCON] in Cameroon.<\/p>\n<p>Ghana recorded the worse performance in the history of the competition for the first time since 2006 under the U-20 FIFA World Cup winner as the captain of the Black Stars.<\/p>\n<p>The Black Stars failed to win a single group game. The team exited the tournament with just a point under Milovan Rajevac.<\/p>\n<p>The Black Stars\u00a0suffered a defeat against Morocco before a draw against Gabon to finish bottom of Group C with just one point.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>Rajevac, who signed a one year renewable conteract, was subsequently fired as coach and has since been replaced by Otto Addo, who guided the team to qualify for the Qatar 2022 World Cup.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ ALSO<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>After the team\u2019s poor performance Parliament\u2019s Select Committee on Youth and Sports began an inquest into the Black Stars\u2019 poor campaign at the AFCON and demanded that Ayew, as captain, appeared to answer some questions.<\/p>\n<p>The Al Sadd winger\u2019s tight schedules and commitments at the club level made it difficult for him to honor their invitation but he finally met with the Committee on Thursday, June 23, 2022.<\/p>\n<p>After answering questions from the individual members of the committee, the 31-year-old presented them with a signed jersey.<\/p>\n<p>The Black Stars have begun their quest to end the country\u2019s 42 years AFCON trophy jinx in Ivory Coast next year under Otto Addo and currently sit top of Group E with 4 points after two games played.<\/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=\"Cq9OBmR8HDc\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"AG urged to his office to resolve Krobo-ECG impasse \u2013 Adom TV News (23-6-22)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Cq9OBmR8HDc?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>Andre Ayew and spokesperson, Fiifi Tackie Andre Ayew has finally appeared before Parliament\u2019s Select Committee on Youth and Sports to answer questions over the country\u2019s poor performance at the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations [AFCON] in Cameroon. 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