{"id":769549,"date":"2022-01-28T06:46:53","date_gmt":"2022-01-28T06:46:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/01\/28\/sports-minister-reveals-reason-behind-black-stars-poor\/"},"modified":"2022-01-28T06:46:53","modified_gmt":"2022-01-28T06:46:53","slug":"sports-minister-reveals-reason-behind-black-stars-poor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/01\/28\/sports-minister-reveals-reason-behind-black-stars-poor\/","title":{"rendered":"Sports Minister reveals reason behind Black Stars poor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"464\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-04-26-at-16.57.27-696x464.jpeg\"   alt=\"Sports Minister Mustapha Ussif\" title=\"Sports Minister Mustapha Ussif\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sports Minister Mustapha Ussif<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Mustapha Ussif, the Youth and Sports Minister, has blamed the technical team of the Black Stars for the team\u2019s poor performance at the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations [AFCON].<\/p>\n<p>The team for the first time in 2006 exited the tournament at the group phase without a win.<\/p>\n<p>Ghana finished at the bottom of Group C.<\/p>\n<p>According to the sector minister, the coaching staff, led by Serbian trainer Milovan Rajevac were poor in their strategies and game plans for the national team.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>Speaking on the floor of Parliament, Hon. Ussif said the team had a lot of good players but the lack of direction from the technical team cost them.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ ALSO<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIndividually the Black Stars have quality players. So individually our national team has the players but as to whether they gel as a team is something that we all have to interrogate,\u201d\u00a0 he said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd that is why normally every team will have a technical team that will read and manage the team and we believe that this AFCON campaign, the technical team did not manage the games very well for our dear country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Ghana Football Association, meanwhile, has announced the sacking of Milovan Rajevac as Black Stars coach after the team\u2019s unimpressive performance.<\/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=\"l5TydNQSlTg\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Black Stars Failure Probe: What Parliament must look for to get useful report - Adom TV (27-1-22)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/l5TydNQSlTg?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>Sports Minister Mustapha Ussif Mustapha Ussif, the Youth and Sports Minister, has blamed the technical team of the Black Stars for the team\u2019s poor performance at the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations [AFCON]. 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