{"id":739805,"date":"2022-01-07T22:32:23","date_gmt":"2022-01-07T22:32:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/01\/07\/ex-gfa-boss-calls-for-support-for-black-stars\/"},"modified":"2022-01-07T22:32:23","modified_gmt":"2022-01-07T22:32:23","slug":"ex-gfa-boss-calls-for-support-for-black-stars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/01\/07\/ex-gfa-boss-calls-for-support-for-black-stars\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-GFA boss calls for support for Black Stars"},"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\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-09-06-at-20.21.29-696x464.jpeg\"   alt=\"Black Stars\" title=\"Black Stars\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Black Stars<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>A former Ghana Football Association [GFA] president, Kwesi Nyantakyi, has called for support for the Black Stars ahead of the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations [AFCON].<\/p>\n<p>The Stars, who are four times African champions,\u00a0will be heading to the tournament with the aim of winning its fifth continental title in Cameroon.<\/p>\n<p>The Black Stars will kickstart the tournament against giants Morocco on Monday, January 10 before taking on Gabon and Comoros in the other Group C matches.<\/p>\n<p> Mr Nyantakyi has called on Ghanaians to stay united as the team fights to win the trophy in Yaounde.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"976\" height=\"549\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/101678540_anpejppavozkffczhfin.jpg\" alt=\"Former Ghana Football Association boss, Kwesi Nyantakyi\" class=\"wp-image-1851901\"  \/><figcaption><strong>Former Ghana Football Association boss, Kwesi Nyantakyi<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThis is my country and everybody knows that and this is Black Stars,\u201d the former CAF 1st vice president told Accra based <strong>Onua FM.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen the Black Stars are playing, everybody supports the team and that is what I am also going to do.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet us all unite and support the team because when the team performs everybody will say Ghana and not one person\u2019s name.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is not the time to be saying stuff that divides the country. Let us all stay united and support the team,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Black Stars will head to Cameroon from their camping base in Doha.<\/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=\"kk3lPdXi7xM\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Obra on Adom TV (6-1-22)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kk3lPdXi7xM?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 A former Ghana Football Association [GFA] president, Kwesi Nyantakyi, has called for support for the Black Stars ahead of the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations [AFCON]. The Stars, who are four times African champions,\u00a0will be heading to the tournament with the aim of winning its fifth continental title in Cameroon. 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