{"id":57529,"date":"2023-04-13T13:08:16","date_gmt":"2023-04-13T13:08:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/04\/13\/stephen-appiah-speaks-on-failure-to-win-afcon-with-black-stars\/"},"modified":"2023-04-13T13:08:16","modified_gmt":"2023-04-13T13:08:16","slug":"stephen-appiah-speaks-on-failure-to-win-afcon-with-black-stars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/04\/13\/stephen-appiah-speaks-on-failure-to-win-afcon-with-black-stars\/","title":{"rendered":"Stephen Appiah speaks on failure to win Afcon with Black Stars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"522\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/1681391296_444_WhatsApp-Image-2021-06-24-at-13.45.35-696x522.jpeg\"   alt=\"Stephen Appiah\" title=\"Stephen Appiah\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Stephen Appiah<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Former captain, Stephen Appiah says failure to lead the Black Stars to win the Africa Cup of Nations [AFCON] remains his biggest regret despite leading the side to secure a World Cup qualification.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Appiah led the senior national team as a captain for almost a decade and remains one of the best.<\/p>\n<p>He led Black Stars to secure its maiden Mundial qualification in 2006 in Germany.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>Mr. Appiah also featured in multiple Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) tournaments but never got to lay hands on the trophy. His closest was when Ghana placed third in 2008.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking about his time with the Black Stars, the former Juventus ace said he was proud to captain the team to the World Cup but would have loved to win a trophy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wish I won a trophy because saying Stephen Appiah captained us to the World Cup is not enough. I wish I won something that I can boast about,\u201d\u00a0he said on Sompa FM.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut at the end of the day, players like Ryan Giggs won every trophy in football but never played at the World Cup because that is the ultimate and everyone wants to be there. I\u2019m not saying we should have won the World Cup but we played a couple of African Cups and couldn\u2019t win as well\u201d Mr. Appiah said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ ALSO<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>He also\u00a0added that, although he could not win the AFCON, he is rooting for the current generation of players to win it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will be there and support our brothers who are playing today. We will motivate them because, at the end of the day, we are all Ghanaians. Although we couldn\u2019t win one, it doesn\u2019t mean we have to be against them winning,\u201d\u00a0Appiah added.<\/p>\n<p>The former Black Stars captain also led the side to book a qualification in the 2010 World Cup 2010 in South Africa.<\/p>\n<p>Appiah made his Black Stars debut on his 16th birthday He made his debut when Ghana played Benin in a four-nations tournament in Cotonou. 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