{"id":123027,"date":"2023-11-24T13:49:07","date_gmt":"2023-11-24T13:49:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/11\/24\/black-stars-maintain-chris-hughton-ahead-of-2023-afcon\/"},"modified":"2023-11-24T13:49:07","modified_gmt":"2023-11-24T13:49:07","slug":"black-stars-maintain-chris-hughton-ahead-of-2023-afcon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/11\/24\/black-stars-maintain-chris-hughton-ahead-of-2023-afcon\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Stars: Maintain Chris Hughton ahead of 2023 AFCON"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"536\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/1680000808_609_Screenshot-2023-03-24-105327-696x536.png\"   alt=\"Chris Hughton\" title=\"Chris Hughton\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chris Hughton<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Former Black Princesses head coach, Robert Sackey has called on the\u00a0Ghana Football Association (GFA) to retain\u00a0Chris Hughton ahead of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON).<\/p>\n<p>The future of the\u00a064-year-old Back Stars trainer hangs in a balance after losing to Comoros in the 2026 World Cup qualifiers.<\/p>\n<p>Football fans have called for the former Irish international to be sacked for the team\u2019s poor performance in recent times.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>However, Sackey believes it is too late for a new coach to prepare the team for the tournament to be hosted in Ivory Coast.<\/p>\n<p>According to him,\u00a0sacking Hughton before the tournament would cause a situation like the one in 2006.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are going toward the end of November, and you are talking about appointing a new head coach. It was the same problem we encountered in 2006,\u201d he said in an interview on <strong>Asempa FM<\/strong> on the <strong>Sports Nite Show.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s about psyching. How to be able to motivate the players to go and perform. I feel we should keep the coach because it is too late to sack him,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Ghana have been housed in Group B alongside Egypt, Cape Verde and Mozambique. The 34th edition of the tournament is expected to get underway from January 13 to February 11 in Ivory Coast.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ ALSO<\/strong><\/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=\"eHMzQ9TJARU\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Kasiebo Tau At 9: 55 AM on Adom TV (24-11-23)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eHMzQ9TJARU?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chris Hughton Former Black Princesses head coach, Robert Sackey has called on the\u00a0Ghana Football Association (GFA) to retain\u00a0Chris Hughton ahead of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON). 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