Ghana defender, Jonathan Mensah believes the friendly game against Algeria provided the Black Stars with a good test ahead of the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations.<\/p>\n The Black Stars on Wednesday lost 3-0 to the reigning African champions in Doha, Qatar as a result of a disappointing performance.<\/p>\n The US-based central defender, unfortunately, scored an own goal in the only preparatory match for the Black Stars heading into Afcon in Cameroon.<\/p>\n \u201cWe played against a good side and it was a good test for us. Individually, it was good for me because I didn\u2019t do well so I know where I should do well next time,\u201d Mensah told TV3 from Black Stars camp in Doha.<\/p>\n \u201cThe team looks good. Even though we lost the game, it was a good lesson for us. Playing against the defending champions and they will always give you a good test.<\/p>\n \u201cSo, we know what to do and, of course, the competition starts for us on the 10th of this month and we\u2019re going to do our best to win the first game.\u201d<\/p>\n Mensah will appear at the Afcon for the seventh time in a row, and he is one of the more experienced players on a team dominated by a large number of newbies. Up to 17 players who make up Milovan Rajevac\u2019s 28-man squad will experience AFCON for the first time.<\/p>\n \u201cWe have gone to previous tournaments with young, experienced players. We had all the elements and then we couldn\u2019t go as far as the final,\u201d Mensah said.<\/p>\n \u201cIt is always this way. Whenever we are going for a tournament, there\u2019s always someone going for the first, second, or even fourth time, but when the tournament starts, you see how things go.\u201d<\/p>\n He added, \u201cRegardless of people\u2019s opinions, we just have to go there and perform well.\u201d<\/p>\n The West Africans will hope to hit the ground running when they take on Morocco on January 10 in Yaounde.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Ghana defender, Jonathan Mensah Ghana defender, Jonathan Mensah believes the friendly game against Algeria provided the Black Stars with a good test ahead of the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations. The Black Stars on Wednesday lost 3-0 to the reigning African champions in Doha, Qatar as a result of a disappointing performance. The US-based central […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":216872,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-740295","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-local-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/740295","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=740295"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/740295\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=740295"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=740295"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=740295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Ghana](\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/32134935.295.jpg\" "\\"Ghana")
Ghana defender, Jonathan Mensah<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n