{"id":737779,"date":"2022-01-06T15:31:14","date_gmt":"2022-01-06T15:31:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/01\/06\/ex-ghana-defender-casts-doubt-on-black-stars-title-chances\/"},"modified":"2022-01-06T15:31:14","modified_gmt":"2022-01-06T15:31:14","slug":"ex-ghana-defender-casts-doubt-on-black-stars-title-chances","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/01\/06\/ex-ghana-defender-casts-doubt-on-black-stars-title-chances\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Ghana defender casts doubt on Black Stars title chances"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"464\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/1636924397_527_255855943_120629907070680_3353178539550837963_n-696x464.jpg\"   alt=\"Black Stars\" title=\"Black Stars\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Black Stars<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Former Ghana defender, John Paintsil, says the Ghana Black Stars do not have enough quality to win the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations [AFCON] tournament.<\/p>\n<p>The West African country that has won the trophy four times has struggled to lift the trophy with their last trophy coming in 1982.<\/p>\n<p>Milovan Rajevac has named his final 28-man squad for the 33rd edition of the tournament in Cameroon.<\/p>\n<p>However, Paintsil who played the national team for over a decade believes the Serbian trainer\u00a0inherited an inexperienced squad when he took over the team a few months ago.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>According to him, the 63-year-old coach only accepted the job because of his love for Ghana and not because the team has the quality and experience to win trophies.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"614\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/819202033028-8dt2xkjwvq-john-paintsil-ghana-flag-1.jpg\" alt=\"John Paintsil\" class=\"wp-image-1858006\"  \/><figcaption><strong>John Paintsil <\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWhen he came in 2010, we were masters of our own and we were only taking instructions,\u201d the former Berekum Arsenal defender told Joy Sports.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut now that generation is not there. When you look at the team now, we only have Jonathan Mensah and Dede Ayew, which is not enough for any coach.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMilo [Rajevac] came because he loves Ghanaians and he knows the players will deliver for him. In some cases, no coach would have come and taken the job in such a crucial moment because it is Ghana we are talking about, a football-loving country,\u201d John Paintsil told Joy Sports in an interview.<\/p>\n<p>He continued, \u201cI said it was a crucial and wrong time because of the players he was coming to meet \u2013 players who had never been together, who had never played so many matches as a team, thinking that they had quality as a team but only quality as individuals, it was going to be difficult for him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut in all, if you look at what he has done in for the short period, it tells you that he is a great coach,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Ghana meanwhile lost 3-0 to Algeria in a preparatory game on Wednesday ahead of the tournament that start on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>The Black Stars will kick start the tournament against giants Morocco on Monday, January 10 before taking on Gabon and Comoros in the other Group C matches.<\/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=\"wNaxJA-X6cw\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Badwam Newspaper Review On Adom TV (6-01-22)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wNaxJA-X6cw?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>Black Stars Former Ghana defender, John Paintsil, says the Ghana Black Stars do not have enough quality to win the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations [AFCON] tournament. 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