{"id":83919,"date":"2023-07-14T13:06:42","date_gmt":"2023-07-14T13:06:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/07\/14\/gfa-exco-member-not-sure-if-black-stars-can-win-afcon-now\/"},"modified":"2023-07-14T13:06:42","modified_gmt":"2023-07-14T13:06:42","slug":"gfa-exco-member-not-sure-if-black-stars-can-win-afcon-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/07\/14\/gfa-exco-member-not-sure-if-black-stars-can-win-afcon-now\/","title":{"rendered":"GFA ExCO member not sure if Black Stars can win AFCON now"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"460\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/BS-2-696x460.png\"   alt=\"Black Stars\" title=\"Black Stars\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Black Stars<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Dr Tony Aubynn, a member of the Ghana Football Association (GFA) Executive Council, says the Black Stars are not ready to win the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON).<\/p>\n<p>Ghana has struggled to win the AFCON tournament for the past 41 years since winning the last one in 1982 in Libya.<\/p>\n<p>However, the Black Stars have lost twice to Ivory Coast both in penalty shootouts in 1992 and 2015 and lost 1-0 to Egypt in 2010.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>Dr Aubynn believes it is about time the nation admitted the team\u2019s weaknesses and built on a long-term project.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, it will be a dishonest target to aim to win the tournament anytime soon.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1013\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/tony-aubynn.jpeg\" alt=\"Dr Tony Aubynn\" class=\"wp-image-2147433\"  \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Dr Tony Aubynn<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWe have talented players in Europe and in our local league but I wonder if we have a team,\u201d the Medeama SC Board Member told Akoma FM.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat we need to do as a country is to lower our expectations as Ghanaians and then build from the base.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf we still believe we are good enough to beat Brazil or win Afcon at this level of our team, then we will be deceiving ourselves.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf we win it\u2019s fine but we need to build just as Senegal, Morocco and the rest have done in recent years now.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe truth is that we need to tone down our expectations and rebuild strongly for the future,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Black Stars are aiming to qualify for the 2023 AFCON as they face the Central African Republic in their final round of qualifiers.<\/p>\n<p>The Black Stars suffered a group-stage exit in the last tournament hosted in Cameroon in 2021.<\/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=\"tjS8iSyv7zk\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Badwam on Adom TV (14-07-23)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tjS8iSyv7zk?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>Black Stars Dr Tony Aubynn, a member of the Ghana Football Association (GFA) Executive Council, says the Black Stars are not ready to win the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON). 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