{"id":1265994,"date":"2022-12-16T12:44:17","date_gmt":"2022-12-16T12:44:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/12\/16\/i-can-steer-black-stars-to-win-afcon-trophy\/"},"modified":"2022-12-16T12:44:17","modified_gmt":"2022-12-16T12:44:17","slug":"i-can-steer-black-stars-to-win-afcon-trophy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/12\/16\/i-can-steer-black-stars-to-win-afcon-trophy\/","title":{"rendered":"I can steer Black Stars to win AFCON trophy &#8230;"},"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=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Abdul-Razak_x800-696x392.jpg\"   alt=\"Abdul Razak\" title=\"Abdul Razak\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Abdul Razak<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Ghana football legend, Abdul Razak, says the Black Stars would end the Africa Cup of Nations [AFCON] trophy jinx if he is given the opportunity to steer the team.<\/p>\n<p>Ghana came close in 1992, 2010 and 2015 but failed to lift the ultimate.<\/p>\n<p>The Black Stars exited the group phase in the last edition in Cameroon.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>And according to the Asante Kotoko legend,\u00a0he is competent to lead the team but he has been overlooked by the appointing authorities, the\u00a0Ghana Football Association.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ ALSO<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat do we want to win? Cup of Nations, we would have won it if I were to be the coach of the Black Stars,\u201d he said in an interview.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven if I will not give the coaching job, let me be there in spirit with them and I believe wherever we want to go, we can.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI cannot force them to give me the Black Stars job. I have not been given any job to do not to even serve on the management. I think my presence can push the boys,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the country\u2019s football governing body is in search for a new head coach following Otto Addo\u2019s resignation after the country\u2019s elimination from the 2022 World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>Abdul Razak won the AFCON with the Black Stars in 1978 and was named the African Best Player of the year later that year.<\/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=\"TQUK6Z-d5w8\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Badwam Media Review on Adom TV (16-12-22)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TQUK6Z-d5w8?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>Abdul Razak Ghana football legend, Abdul Razak, says the Black Stars would end the Africa Cup of Nations [AFCON] trophy jinx if he is given the opportunity to steer the team. Ghana came close in 1992, 2010 and 2015 but failed to lift the ultimate. The Black Stars exited the group phase in the last [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1265996,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[93,94,95,24155,1150,309],"class_list":["post-1265994","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-afcon","tag-black","tag-stars","tag-steer","tag-trophy","tag-win"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1265994","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=1265994"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1265994\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1265994"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1265994"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1265994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}