{"id":766196,"date":"2022-01-25T20:12:26","date_gmt":"2022-01-25T20:12:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/01\/25\/forget-playing-for-black-stars-if-you-are-poor\/"},"modified":"2022-01-25T20:12:26","modified_gmt":"2022-01-25T20:12:26","slug":"forget-playing-for-black-stars-if-you-are-poor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/01\/25\/forget-playing-for-black-stars-if-you-are-poor\/","title":{"rendered":"Forget playing for Black Stars if you are poor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"680\" height=\"470\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/FJadQ1FXIAMxEFw-1.jpg\"   alt=\"Black Stars\" title=\"Black Stars\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Black Stars<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>A former Ghana international, Anthony Yeboah, has opened up on some challenges affecting football in the country aftermath of the Black Stars unimpressive performance in Cameroon.<\/p>\n<p>The Black Stars, who were hoping to end the country\u2019s 40 years trophy, got crashed out from the competition after finishing 4th without a win in the ongoing 2021 Africa Cup of Nations [AFCON].<\/p>\n<p>The current quality of players playing for the Black Stars has\u00a0been questioned.<\/p>\n<p>According to the former Leeds United and Frankfurt striker, only players from a rich background or from a wealthy family currently have access to the national team.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"710\" height=\"399\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_20200821_152829.jpg\" alt=\"Tony Yeboah\" class=\"wp-image-1844190\"  \/><figcaption><strong>Tony Yeboah<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Yeboah, who was part of Ghana\u2019s 1992 AFCON squad that lost to Ivory Coast, mentioned that currently more players with talents are denied entry to the various national teams because they have no support.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf your father is not wealthy, you cannot play for the national team: but we do not use this philosophy to develop football,\u201d Anthony Yeboah told a group of journalists at the Yegola Hotel in Kumasi<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey have to pay money before they are recognised, so how can our football develop? And the challenge is that all the talented players have been denied access to the national teams and they are missing in action,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>            <!--  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=videoseries[\/embed]<!--\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>--><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"kRj9ZbyIC-c\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Premtobre Kasee on Adom TV (25-1-22)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kRj9ZbyIC-c?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Black Stars A former Ghana international, Anthony Yeboah, has opened up on some challenges affecting football in the country aftermath of the Black Stars unimpressive performance in Cameroon. 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