{"id":80796,"date":"2023-07-03T17:11:10","date_gmt":"2023-07-03T17:11:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/07\/03\/we-have-disappointed-ghanaians\/"},"modified":"2023-07-03T17:11:10","modified_gmt":"2023-07-03T17:11:10","slug":"we-have-disappointed-ghanaians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/07\/03\/we-have-disappointed-ghanaians\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;We Have Disappointed Ghanaians&#8217; &#8211;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>\u00a0Line up of the Meteors. INSET: Tanko<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ghana U-23 coach, Ibrahim Tanko, has admitted in plain words that he and his charges have disappointed Ghanaians.<\/p>\n<p>The Olympic team suffered an early exit from the ongoing U-23 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Morocco.<\/p>\n<p>The premature exit has shattered Ghana\u2019s hopes of competing in the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris.<\/p>\n<p>Last Friday night, the tram crushed the hopes of many Ghanaian football faithful when they drew parity (1-1) with their Guinean counterparts despite amassing four points after three games.<\/p>\n<p>Ghana drew first blood when the game was developing, courtesy Emmanuel Yeboah.<\/p>\n<p>But, Guinea replied after recess through an Ibrahima Breze strike which punished the lethargic defense of the Black Meteors.<\/p>\n<p>Guinea thus advanced to the semi-finals despite the game ending in a 1-1 tie due to their superior goal difference.<\/p>\n<p>The disappointed coach in a post match interview said, \u201cI think we disappointed Ghanaians and ourselves, but we give thanks to God in every situation, and as I said, we will analyse and know what didn\u2019t go well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ghana will now have to wait until at least 2027 to hope for a return to the Olympic Games.<\/p>\n<p>The Meteos, last participated at the Olympics in 2004, when Yusuf Chibsah captained the team, with the likes of Stephen Appiah, Asamoah Gyan, John Mensah, William Tiero in Athens, Greece.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>By Kofi Owusu Aduonum<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- AI CONTENT END 2 -->\n\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0Line up of the Meteors. 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