{"id":768165,"date":"2022-01-27T10:11:47","date_gmt":"2022-01-27T10:11:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/01\/27\/black-stars-otto-addos-appointment-was-nonsense\/"},"modified":"2022-01-27T10:11:47","modified_gmt":"2022-01-27T10:11:47","slug":"black-stars-otto-addos-appointment-was-nonsense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/01\/27\/black-stars-otto-addos-appointment-was-nonsense\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Stars: Otto Addo&#8217;s appointment was nonsense"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"365\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Songo-696x365.png\"   alt=\"Countryman Songo\" title=\"Countryman Songo\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Countryman Songo <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Patrick Osei Agyeman has criticized the appointment of Otto Addo as the assistant coach of the Black Stars, describing the decision of the Ghana Football Association [GFA] as nonsense.<\/p>\n<p>Otto Addo, a former Ghana international, was confirmed as the first assistant coach on September 2021 on a work and pay basis.<\/p>\n<p>Despite joining the team for Black Stars 2022 World Cup qualifiers, Addo, who is also an assistant coach for Borussia Dortmund was unable to team up with the team for the\u00a02021 Africa Cup of Nations [AFCON] in Cameroon.<\/p>\n<p>Ghana, however, exited the tournament at the group phase, without a win.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>And according to Osei-Agyemang, the country\u2019s football governing body made a horrible decision with the appointment of Otto Addo.<\/p>\n<p>He explained that the GFA should have employed an experienced coach who was available instead to help in the absence of Milovan Rajevac. He stressed that he has no questions about the competence of\u00a0Otto Addo.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ ALSO<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe most important person if the head coach is not there is the assistant coach. You employ Milo and\u00a0Otto Addo\u00a0as assistants knowing that when there is a tournament that guy will not be able to come,\u201d the Fire for Fire host on Adom TV said on Good Evening Ghana on <strong>Metro TV.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause he is working for Dortmund?\u201d Paul Adom asks, Songo responded \u201cyes fantastic, are you a normal person to do this to a whole Ghana?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not saying he is not a good coach. I am saying that as an FA president, you\u2019re employing a Black Stars coach and assistant and you know\u00a0Otto Addo\u00a0will not get the chance to travel with us to AFCON because people are getting covid, so if Milo is not in that good position to take over it should be the assistant coach and now your assistant coach is not there. How sensible are you to let such a person be an assistant coach?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Otto Addo is expected to join the technical team for Ghana\u2019s 2022 Fifa World Cup playoffs game against Nigeria in March.<\/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=\"FZHDO3BqfSY\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Alleged Environmental Threat \u2013 Adom TV News (26-1-22)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FZHDO3BqfSY?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>Countryman Songo Patrick Osei Agyeman has criticized the appointment of Otto Addo as the assistant coach of the Black Stars, describing the decision of the Ghana Football Association [GFA] as nonsense. Otto Addo, a former Ghana international, was confirmed as the first assistant coach on September 2021 on a work and pay basis. 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