{"id":1242957,"date":"2022-11-03T16:56:56","date_gmt":"2022-11-03T16:56:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/11\/03\/rabiu-mohammed-reveals-what-led-to-ghanas-early-exit\/"},"modified":"2022-11-03T16:56:56","modified_gmt":"2022-11-03T16:56:56","slug":"rabiu-mohammed-reveals-what-led-to-ghanas-early-exit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/11\/03\/rabiu-mohammed-reveals-what-led-to-ghanas-early-exit\/","title":{"rendered":"Rabiu Mohammed reveals what led to Ghana&#8217;s early exit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/1266794-27327531-2560-1440-696x392.jpg\"   alt=\"Ghana's national soccer team players sing and dance during a training session ahead of their 2014 World Cup against Portugal, in Brasilia June 25, 2014. Image credit: Reuters\" title=\"Ghana's national soccer team players sing and dance during a training session ahead of their 2014 World Cup against Portugal, in Brasilia June 25, 2014.  Image credit: Reuters\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ghana&#8217;s national soccer team players sing and dance during a training session ahead of their 2014 World Cup against Portugal, in Brasilia June 25, 2014.<\/p>\n<p>Image credit: Reuters<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Former Black Stars\u00a0midfielder, Mohammed Rabiu, has opened up on what led to the country\u2019s early exit from the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.<\/p>\n<p>The West African country after impressing at the 2010 global showpiece was hoping to improve its performance.<\/p>\n<p>However, Ghana exited the tournament at the group stage after picking just a point in three games.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>The playing body was accused of failing to train during the tournament due to unpaid wages.<\/p>\n<p>The then opposition party [NDC]\u00a0airlifted an amount of $ 4 million to Brazil to settle delayed appearance fees of players.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>And according to Rabiu, the team lost concentration while anxiously waiting to receive their monies.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"612\" height=\"397\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/gettyimages-451266368-612x612-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2179352\"  \/><figcaption><strong>Portugal\u2019s midfielder Joao Moutinho (L) and Ghana\u2019s midfielder Mohammed Rabiu vie for the ball during the Group G football match between Portugal and Ghana at the Mane Garrincha National Stadium in Brasilia during the 2014 FIFA World Cup on June 26, 2014.  AFP PHOTO \/ EVARISTO SA        (Photo credit should read EVARISTO SA\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI will sum up that we didn\u2019t do well due to the appearance fee which was not paid to us on time and only given to us only before playing against Portugal and this affected a lot of us because our concentration was on the $100,000 fee but not the game,\u201d he told Kumasi based Akoma FM.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ ALSO<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnother reason why we failed was that our players were a bit tired because we had to travel for about three hours to our next venue to play Portugal after our game against Germany,\u201d he added.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ghana lost their final group game to Portugal and shamefully bowed out of the tournament with two players sacked from camp.<\/p>\n<p>Sulley Muntari and Kevin-Prince Boateng were thrown out of the team over disciplinary issues.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Ghana after making a return to the Mundial has been housed in Group H alongside Portugal, South Korea, and Uruguay.<\/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=\"oM52ENd5xP0\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Journalist Sanctuary Int. donates bulletproof vest, helmet to Adom Newroom - Adom TV News (2-11-22)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oM52ENd5xP0?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>Ghana&#8217;s national soccer team players sing and dance during a training session ahead of their 2014 World Cup against Portugal, in Brasilia June 25, 2014. 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