{"id":742308,"date":"2022-01-09T23:45:26","date_gmt":"2022-01-09T23:45:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/01\/09\/tension-is-high-social-media-users-speak-ahead-of-the-ghana-black-stars-game-tomorrow\/"},"modified":"2022-01-09T23:45:26","modified_gmt":"2022-01-09T23:45:26","slug":"tension-is-high-social-media-users-speak-ahead-of-the-ghana-black-stars-game-tomorrow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/01\/09\/tension-is-high-social-media-users-speak-ahead-of-the-ghana-black-stars-game-tomorrow\/","title":{"rendered":"Tension Is High: Social Media Users Speak Ahead Of The Ghana Black Stars Game Tomorrow."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<article>\n<p>Today January 9, 2022 kick starts the 33rd edition of the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) tournament.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/0d89a5d2040645b0816d2ac77e1a6a8a\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The tournament, which kicks off in the Cameroonian&#8217;s capital of Yaounde, will see 24 teams in action;  the Seven (7) times champions&#8230; the Pharaohs of Egypt, the defending champion Algeria and the host nation Cameroon.<\/p>\n<p>The Indomitable Lions of Cameroon crashed their West African side Burkina Faso 2: 1\u00a0in the Group &#8216;A&#8217; opening game, played in the Cameroonian&#8217;s capital Yaounde.<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of the Ghana Black Stars game with Morocco, Social media users are rooting for the Ghana Black Stars to emerge winners\u00a0of the game.<\/p>\n<p>Below are some reactions from social media users ahead of the Ghana Black Stars, and the Moroccan game which comes off on Monday, January 10, 2022.<\/p>\n<p>BILLIONS (@billions_ghana) says\u00a0I&#8217;m for #TeamGhana. Wishing Blackstars all the best. Come to Ghana#TeamGhana.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/1220f3d5119e4b21b434abe071929126\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Fancy Di Maria (@FancyDiMaria) says, Team Ghana drop! The trophy hunt begins. Cameroon here we come.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Akwasi Asante says: Bonne Arriv\u00e9e teamghana. Please defy all the odds against you and give us a good tournament\u2026 We want to end this 40 year Cup drought\u2026 Heighten the morale na these faces De3\u2026\ud83d\ude00#TeamGhana.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Sneaker Nyame (@SneakerNyame_\u00a0also said, #TeamGhana all the way. I wish them the best&#8230;fire!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/b8c1ddb0675f4ab886cbeeb4e2313ba1\"\/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/4cee1774a6e84aa29d25e1cbe094f303\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The 2021 Africa Cup of Nations (also referred to as AFCON 2021 or CAN 2021), is sponsored by TotalEnergies.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The tournament was originally scheduled to be played in June and July 2021, but the the Confederation of African Football (CAF), announced on 15 January 2020, that due to unfavorable climatic conditions during this period, the tournament was pushed to\u00a09 January to 6 February 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Which teams do you think will meet in the AFCON 2022 finals? Can the Black Stars win against Morocco?<\/p>\n<p>Please share your views in the comment box below.<\/p>\n<p>Remember to follow this page for more upcoming updates.<\/p>\n<p>Content created and supplied by: CornerNewsUpdate (via  Opera<br \/>\nNews )<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<p class=\"copyright hide\">\n<span class=\"content\">    ,  .   ,     .       () , , , , , , , , .      \/ ,  and\/or  .     ,  , and\/or  ,      and\/or     <\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"see-more\"><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<section class=\"tags\">\nAfrica Cup of Nations<br \/>\nAlgeria<br \/>\nCameroon<br \/>\nGhana Black Stars<br \/>\nMorocco<br \/>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today January 9, 2022 kick starts the 33rd edition of the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) tournament. The tournament, which kicks off in the Cameroonian&#8217;s capital of Yaounde, will see 24 teams in action; the Seven (7) times champions&#8230; the Pharaohs of Egypt, the defending champion Algeria and the host nation Cameroon. The Indomitable Lions [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":742309,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-742308","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-top-stories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/742308","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=742308"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/742308\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=742308"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=742308"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=742308"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}