{"id":749289,"date":"2022-01-14T09:47:48","date_gmt":"2022-01-14T09:47:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/01\/14\/a-letter-to-the-black-stars-ahead-of-the-afcon-match\/"},"modified":"2022-01-14T09:47:48","modified_gmt":"2022-01-14T09:47:48","slug":"a-letter-to-the-black-stars-ahead-of-the-afcon-match","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/01\/14\/a-letter-to-the-black-stars-ahead-of-the-afcon-match\/","title":{"rendered":"A Letter To The Black Stars Ahead Of The AFCON Match"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<article>\n<p>Dear Black Stars,<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/7cd412e7c547408a98debe9d7c78621d\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Your previous generation squad were literally great and talented. Back then you had the likes of Abedi Pele, Asamoah Gyan and co. However, their absence doesn&#8217;t mean you cannot be better than them. Just put your heart to it and you can win whatever game.<\/p>\n<p>Ghana and Gabon will be facing today. It is time for you Black Stars to stand up and gear up yourselves for this match. You have probably trained very hard for the game and Anthony Baffoe has elevated your spirits with his speech.<\/p>\n<p>It is going to be a tough match but you are still better. Show them what you are made of and make sure not to show mercy. This is your last chance to qualify for the group stages. A win is not an option, it is a necessity. Anything other than that means you return empty handed.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/926994c81db34af8bb0b81325d07349e\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The AFCON trophy can be yours. Please do your very best. Score goals and win that game. Just know you have the support of the country and its people. Make us proud<\/p>\n<p>Content created and supplied by: GloriousIsaac (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\">\nAFCON<br \/>\nAbedi Pele<br \/>\nAnthony Baffoe<br \/>\nBlack Stars<br \/>\nGhana<br \/>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Black Stars, Your previous generation squad were literally great and talented. Back then you had the likes of Abedi Pele, Asamoah Gyan and co. However, their absence doesn&#8217;t mean you cannot be better than them. Just put your heart to it and you can win whatever game. Ghana and Gabon will be facing today. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":749290,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-749289","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\/749289","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=749289"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/749289\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=749289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=749289"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=749289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}