{"id":755600,"date":"2022-01-18T16:37:46","date_gmt":"2022-01-18T16:37:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/01\/18\/milovan-rajevac-never-made-asamoah-gyan-statement\/"},"modified":"2022-01-18T16:37:46","modified_gmt":"2022-01-18T16:37:46","slug":"milovan-rajevac-never-made-asamoah-gyan-statement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/01\/18\/milovan-rajevac-never-made-asamoah-gyan-statement\/","title":{"rendered":"Milovan Rajevac &#8216;never made Asamoah Gyan statement&#8217;"},"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>Opeele confident of Ghana victory over Comoros<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Milovan Rajevac criticised for Asamoah Gyan comment<\/p>\n<p>Ghana in a must-win contest with Comoros<\/p>\n<p>Former Kumasi Asante Kotoko coach, Isaac \u2018Opeele\u2019 Boateng has taken on Ghanaian journalists over reportage on the pre-match press conference by Black Stars coach Milovan Rajevac on Monday, January 17, 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Opeele, in a Twitter post, chastised the media for not reporting accurately, the statement by Milovan Rajevac regarding the quality of the current team.<\/p>\n<p>Despite multiple reports claiming that Milovan stated that the current team is inferior to the 2010 side, Opeele insists that the Serbian coach made no such statement.<\/p>\n<p>He therefore the Ghanaian media to refrain from making such publications as it will court disaffection for the team.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Oh so Milo never said the falsehood been peddled around about we not having Asamoah Gyan excuse. Let&#8217;s stop this media lies Negros,&#8221; he tweeted.<\/p>\n<p>Milovan Rajevac is quoted to have said the current team is bereft of the quality possessed by the team that finished second in the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe don\u2019t have the same team like 2010. Not enough time for preparations. We don\u2019t have a player like Asamoah Gyan,\u201d Milovan Rajevac said at his pre-match conference.<\/p>\n<p>Milovan Rajevac also indicated the readiness of the Black Stars to get a win over Comoros and continue their stay in the tournament.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"twi_news\">TWI NEWS<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will fight until the last moment in every match, for us, it is important that we still have a chance to qualify and we are all aware of that.\u201d Rajevac said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will do our best, we will motivate the players, we are all aware how important this is and we don\u2019t want to go home. We want to stay in the competition and we will do everything in our power to make it happen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ghana will play Comoros at 7:00pm today and GhanaWeb will bring you live audio and text commentary of the game with build-up starting at 6:00pm.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"twi_news\">TWI NEWS<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Join us at The Cosmopolitan restaurant for the best coverage of the game.<\/p>\n<p>GhanaWeb\u2019s coverage of the 2021 AFCON is sponsored by Ice Gold Mineral Water<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" xml:lang=\"en\">Oh so Milo never said the falsehood been peddled around about we not having Asamoah Gyan excuse ????<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s stop this media lies Negros<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Isaac &#8216;Opeele&#8217; Boateng (@CoachOpeele) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CoachOpeele\/status\/1483143855574634499?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 17, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The GhanaWeb&#8217;s coverage of the 2021 AFCON is sponsored by Ice Gold Mineral Water, Kenpong Football Academy,   <i><b> The Cosmopolitan Restaurant<\/b><\/i>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Opeele confident of Ghana victory over Comoros Milovan Rajevac criticised for Asamoah Gyan comment Ghana in a must-win contest with Comoros Former Kumasi Asante Kotoko coach, Isaac \u2018Opeele\u2019 Boateng has taken on Ghanaian journalists over reportage on the pre-match press conference by Black Stars coach Milovan Rajevac on Monday, January 17, 2021. 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