{"id":993395,"date":"2022-02-16T13:14:27","date_gmt":"2022-02-16T13:14:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/02\/16\/black-stars-use-of-juju-not-a-mere-allegation\/"},"modified":"2022-02-16T13:14:27","modified_gmt":"2022-02-16T13:14:27","slug":"black-stars-use-of-juju-not-a-mere-allegation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/02\/16\/black-stars-use-of-juju-not-a-mere-allegation\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Stars: Use of &#8216;juju&#8217; not a mere allegation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"506\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/252938005_4697664540277279_4981477320236190712_n-696x506.jpg\"   alt=\"Moses Foh-Amoaning\" title=\"Moses Foh-Amoaning\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Moses Foh-Amoaning<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Renowned lawyer, Moses Foh Amoaning, has said players are refusing to play for the Black Stars because of the use of black magic \u2018juju\u2019, saying the claim is not just\u00a0a mere allegation.<\/p>\n<p>Over the years, the use of \u2018juju\u2019 at the camp of the Black Stars has been constantly reported after every tournament.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on Metro TV\u2019s Good Evening Ghana, Mr Foh-Amoaning said one of the major issues confronting Ghana football, more specifically the\u00a0Black Stars\u00a0is the alleged use of juju by some\u00a0Black Stars\u00a0players.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have told you Paul that coaching is only an aspect of the problem in Ghana football, we have the dynamics of the team itself and this juju bit is not something that you can push away. Because the juju thing pushes a lot of good players away,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven if you have a good coach, he is not going to play the game because if the players do not want to play, they will not do it and there is nothing you can do about it. And if the players wake up at night and they are being disturbed by a mallam, they will not play and that disrupts the chemistry of the team.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ ALSO<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When asked if the reports of juju in the camp of the Black Starts are true, he said \u201cOf course it is true. You can also go and find out because you are a journalist but I\u2019m telling you is true,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0Black Stars\u00a0exited the 2021 AFCON without winning a single game after being placed in a group that had Comoros, Gabon, and the Atlas Lions of Morocco.<\/p>\n<p>The team will be hoping to make amend when they play Nigeria in the playoff of the 2022 World Cup next month.<\/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=\"a9EJ8BNCmIU\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Badwam on Adom TV (15-2-22)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/a9EJ8BNCmIU?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>Moses Foh-Amoaning Renowned lawyer, Moses Foh Amoaning, has said players are refusing to play for the Black Stars because of the use of black magic \u2018juju\u2019, saying the claim is not just\u00a0a mere allegation. Over the years, the use of \u2018juju\u2019 at the camp of the Black Stars has been constantly reported after every tournament. 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