{"id":77858,"date":"2023-06-21T16:11:14","date_gmt":"2023-06-21T16:11:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/06\/21\/we-will-win-afcon-trophy-soon\/"},"modified":"2023-06-21T16:11:14","modified_gmt":"2023-06-21T16:11:14","slug":"we-will-win-afcon-trophy-soon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/06\/21\/we-will-win-afcon-trophy-soon\/","title":{"rendered":"We will win AFCON trophy soon"},"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\/2023\/06\/967a71982e46a7a6-696x365.jpeg\"   alt=\"Joseph Paintsil\" title=\"Joseph Paintsil\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Joseph Paintsil<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Black Stars winger, Joseph Paintsil, says they will do everything to make Ghanaians happy by winning the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) trophy soon.<\/p>\n<p>The four-time African champions have failed to lift the trophy since winning the last trophy in 1982 in Libya. The country has come close in 1992, 2010 and 2015 but failed to annex the ultimate.<\/p>\n<p>The Black Stars will have to beat the Central African Republic in September in their final round of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifiers to secure a place in the next edition of the AFCON scheduled to be hosted in Ivory Coast next year.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>And according to the KRC Genk winger, Chris Hughton, who is the head coach of the team has confidence in the players.<\/p>\n<p>He added that they will do everything to end the country\u2019s 41 years AFCON trophy drought.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe coach has confidence in ours and we also have confidence in the coach so we will do everything for Ghanaians to be happy,\u201d he told 3Sports.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will do everything for every Ghanaian\u2019s dream to come true,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Ghana still sit top of Group E with nine points have been held by Madagascar in the matchday five games.<\/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=\"7McueL9OuVQ\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Uncollected Ghana Cards: NIA appeals to public to collect backlog of printed cards (21-06-23)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7McueL9OuVQ?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>Joseph Paintsil Black Stars winger, Joseph Paintsil, says they will do everything to make Ghanaians happy by winning the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) trophy soon. 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