{"id":1216861,"date":"2022-10-05T18:27:36","date_gmt":"2022-10-05T18:27:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/10\/05\/africa-needs-a-plan-to-win-world-cup-asamoah-gyan\/"},"modified":"2022-10-05T18:27:36","modified_gmt":"2022-10-05T18:27:36","slug":"africa-needs-a-plan-to-win-world-cup-asamoah-gyan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/10\/05\/africa-needs-a-plan-to-win-world-cup-asamoah-gyan\/","title":{"rendered":"Africa needs a plan to win World Cup \u2013 Asamoah Gyan"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Former Black Stars captain, Asamoah Gyan, is not confident an African country will win the World Cup, till the continent makes intentional efforts to break the jinx.<\/p>\n

Gyan, who has featured in all three of Ghana\u2019s World Cup campaigns so far, is unsure when an African country will win football\u2019s biggest trophy. The farthest an African country has reached at the Mundial is the quarter-final round; Cameroon in 1990, Senegal in 2002, and Ghana with Gyan in 2010.<\/p>\n

Gyan suggests the quarter-final has been Africa\u2019s long-standing boundary simply because there\u2019s no calculated attempt from the continent.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe have to make sure we plan ahead, I think that is our problem. Some countries plan years \u2013 let\u2019s say \u2018in 10 years we have to win the World Cup\u2019. So it\u2019s a plan people take, and that\u2019s why I\u2019m saying it\u2019s a process.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m sure an African country will win it one day, but I don\u2019t know when,\u201d Gyan said in an interview.<\/p>\n

The African build-up to this year\u2019s showdown in Qatar has been one of many headlines, with Morocco sacking head coach, Vahid Halilhodzic, in August. Meanwhile, Samuel Eto\u2019o on a tour of Ghana \u2013 as part of ambassadorial duties for Qatar\u2019s Legacy ambition, expressed with confidence that an African country was one-day going to win the World Cup.<\/p>\n

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Ghana FA president, Kurt Okraku and Sports Minister, Hon. Mustapha Ussif, have been more specific. On the trophy\u2019s stop in Ghana during its world tour, the FA president and minister for sports were both emphatic about Ghana\u2019s 2022 World Cup chances, indicating the country will win the tournament.<\/p>\n

Gyan, who is Africa\u2019s top scorer at the World Cup, shares in their optimism, and has fond memories of Ghana\u2019s first-ever campaign.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs an African, that is my prayer, I want an African country to also win it, that is what every African is hoping for [but] it depends how the teams approach the tournament. I remember in 2006, the Czech Republic was number 3 in the World, the United States, was number 5, and then there was Germany and Italy. So we[Ghana] were underdogs, everyone thought we were going home.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut we were able to get through to the next stage of the competition. When you are going to a tournament, how you approach it matters, not the kind of players you have. Statistically, there are favorites, but you have to go and see what happens.\u201d<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Gyan, 36, has shared his desire of making a return with the Black Stars ahead of this year\u2019s edition in Qatar, a wish many Ghanaian faithful are against since he has been out of professional football for close to a year.<\/p>\n

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