{"id":744161,"date":"2022-01-11T05:53:50","date_gmt":"2022-01-11T05:53:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/01\/11\/ghana-should-have-just-called-me-kp-boateng-reacts-after-ghanas-defeat\/"},"modified":"2022-01-11T05:53:50","modified_gmt":"2022-01-11T05:53:50","slug":"ghana-should-have-just-called-me-kp-boateng-reacts-after-ghanas-defeat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/01\/11\/ghana-should-have-just-called-me-kp-boateng-reacts-after-ghanas-defeat\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Ghana should have just called me\u2019 \u2013 KP Boateng reacts after Ghana\u2019s defeat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"-webkit-user-select: none; -webkit-touch-callout: none; -moz-user-select: none; -ms-user-select: none; user-select: none;\">\n<p style=\"clear:right\" id=\"article-123\"><b>Ghana lost to Morocco in the AFCON<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The goal was scored in the 83rd-minute<\/p>\n<p>KP Boateng reacted to Ghana&#8217;s defeat<\/p>\n<p>Kevin-Prince Boateng, a former Black Stars midfielder, has indicated that he should have been called to play for the senior national team at the ongoing African Cup of Nations in Cameroon.<\/p>\n<p>Ghanaians were left disappointed after the Black Stars lost 1-0 to Morocco in the 83rd-minute of their opening match at the Ahmadou Ahidjo Stadium in Yaounde.<\/p>\n<p>Reacting to Ghana\u2019s defeat, Boateng tweeted \u201cGhana #shouldhavejustcalledme next game 3 points let\u2019s go Black Stars.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The German-born Ghanaian has not played for the Black Stars after a bust-up with then-coach Kwasi Appiah during the 2014 World Cup tournament in Brazil.<\/p>\n<p>The North African side came into the tournament as huge favourites, having lost only one of their last 21 matches in all competitions.<\/p>\n<p>The game saw a first half that was pretty even, with more fouls than clear-cut chances for either side.<\/p>\n<p>Morocco\u2019s best chance of the half came from a set-piece, as Wolves defender, Romain Sa\u00efss headed just wide from a free-kick.<\/p>\n<p>Ghana, on the other hand, started the game as the stronger side as they saw more of the ball in the opening exchanges until the 15th-minute mark when their opponents grew into the game.<\/p>\n<p>With chances coming very little in the way of both teams, Morocco recorded the only shot on target in the first half after Ghana\u2019s Joojo Wollacott was forced into a good save by Selim Amallah.<\/p>\n<p>Aside from Joseph Paintsil who covered himself in glory with his display none of Ghana&#8217;s attackers caused the Moroccan side any problems in the game the North Africans dominated possession, had more shots on target among others.<\/p>\n<p>Ghana will play against Gabon on Friday, 14th January 2022 at 7 pm local time.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" xml:lang=\"en\">???????? Ghana ???????? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/shouldhavejustcalledme?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#shouldhavejustcalledme<\/a> next game 3 points let\u2019s go black \u2b50\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kevin-Prince Boateng (@KPBofficial) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KPBofficial\/status\/1480623543192887304?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 10, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ghana lost to Morocco in the AFCON The goal was scored in the 83rd-minute KP Boateng reacted to Ghana&#8217;s defeat Kevin-Prince Boateng, a former Black Stars midfielder, has indicated that he should have been called to play for the senior national team at the ongoing African Cup of Nations in Cameroon. 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