{"id":85640,"date":"2023-07-21T11:26:34","date_gmt":"2023-07-21T11:26:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/07\/21\/chris-hughton-cautioned-over-2026-world-cup-qualifiers\/"},"modified":"2023-07-21T11:26:34","modified_gmt":"2023-07-21T11:26:34","slug":"chris-hughton-cautioned-over-2026-world-cup-qualifiers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/07\/21\/chris-hughton-cautioned-over-2026-world-cup-qualifiers\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris Hughton cautioned over 2026 World Cup qualifiers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"464\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/1687272258_537_Chris-Hughton-696x464.jpg\"   alt=\"Chris Hughton\" title=\"Chris Hughton\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chris Hughton<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Former Vice President of the Ghana Football Association (GFA), Fred Pappoe, has cautioned Black Stars coach, Chris Hughton to invite qualified players for the upcoming\u00a02026 World Cup qualifiers.<\/p>\n<p>The four-time African champions have been housed in Group I alongside Madagascar, Chad, Comoros, Mali and the Central African Republic.<\/p>\n<p>According to Pappoe,\u00a0Ghana\u2019s best chance of topping Group I and qualifying for the World Cup is if the right players are invited.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will say we can qualify; it is not because of who we are going to play because now the game in Africa has levelled up. Sometimes we Ghanaians don\u2019t see it like that and accept it like that. To me, the best way that our chances to qualify will be brighter is to prepare well within FIFA rules,\u201d he told Accra-based Peace FM.<\/p>\n<p>He also highlighted the challenges in organising long camps for the team, given the busy schedules of the players in their respective European clubs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe boys will be going back to their teams, so the preparation players won\u2019t be available for you. The players will also be released 4 or 5 days before a match,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Pappoe stressed the need to call up the best players who are actively playing in their respective clubs, as there won\u2019t be much time for extensive training. He emphasised the importance of the team\u2019s cohesion and urged the selection of the best talents available for a successful qualification campaign.<\/p>\n<p>The 2026 global showpiece will be co-hosted by the USA, Mexico, and Canada.<\/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=\"Zvs1sWpyQ9M\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Badwam Ahosepe on Adom TV (21-07-23)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Zvs1sWpyQ9M?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 Vice President of the Ghana Football Association (GFA), Fred Pappoe, has cautioned Black Stars coach, Chris Hughton to invite qualified players for the upcoming\u00a02026 World Cup qualifiers. The four-time African champions have been housed in Group I alongside Madagascar, Chad, Comoros, Mali and the Central African Republic. According to Pappoe,\u00a0Ghana\u2019s best chance [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":77049,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-85640","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Chris Hughton cautioned over 2026 World Cup qualifiers - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/07\/21\/chris-hughton-cautioned-over-2026-world-cup-qualifiers\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Chris Hughton cautioned over 2026 World Cup qualifiers - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Chris Hughton Former Vice President of the Ghana Football Association (GFA), Fred Pappoe, has cautioned Black Stars coach, Chris Hughton to invite qualified players for the upcoming\u00a02026 World Cup qualifiers. The four-time African champions have been housed in Group I alongside Madagascar, Chad, Comoros, Mali and the Central African Republic. According to Pappoe,\u00a0Ghana\u2019s best chance [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/07\/21\/chris-hughton-cautioned-over-2026-world-cup-qualifiers\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-07-21T11:26:34+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Chris-Hughton.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"683\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Ghana News\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Ghana News\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/07\/21\/chris-hughton-cautioned-over-2026-world-cup-qualifiers\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/07\/21\/chris-hughton-cautioned-over-2026-world-cup-qualifiers\/\",\"name\":\"Chris Hughton cautioned over 2026 World Cup qualifiers - Ghanamma.com\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/07\/21\/chris-hughton-cautioned-over-2026-world-cup-qualifiers\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/07\/21\/chris-hughton-cautioned-over-2026-world-cup-qualifiers\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Chris-Hughton.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-07-21T11:26:34+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-07-21T11:26:34+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/#\/schema\/person\/6f91dab2e50bbbfe895c93e7e84e7f74\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/07\/21\/chris-hughton-cautioned-over-2026-world-cup-qualifiers\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/07\/21\/chris-hughton-cautioned-over-2026-world-cup-qualifiers\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/07\/21\/chris-hughton-cautioned-over-2026-world-cup-qualifiers\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Chris-Hughton.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Chris-Hughton.jpg\",\"width\":1024,\"height\":683},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/07\/21\/chris-hughton-cautioned-over-2026-world-cup-qualifiers\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Chris Hughton cautioned over 2026 World Cup qualifiers\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/\",\"name\":\"Ghanamma.com\",\"description\":\"Ghana mma provides breaking news, top stories in Ghana, Africa, business, entertainment, politics and more.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/#\/schema\/person\/6f91dab2e50bbbfe895c93e7e84e7f74\",\"name\":\"Ghana News\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Ghana News\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/author\/ghanamma\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Chris Hughton cautioned over 2026 World Cup qualifiers - Ghanamma.com","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/07\/21\/chris-hughton-cautioned-over-2026-world-cup-qualifiers\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Chris Hughton cautioned over 2026 World Cup qualifiers - Ghanamma.com","og_description":"Chris Hughton Former Vice President of the Ghana Football Association (GFA), Fred Pappoe, has cautioned Black Stars coach, Chris Hughton to invite qualified players for the upcoming\u00a02026 World Cup qualifiers. The four-time African champions have been housed in Group I alongside Madagascar, Chad, Comoros, Mali and the Central African Republic. According to Pappoe,\u00a0Ghana\u2019s best chance [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/07\/21\/chris-hughton-cautioned-over-2026-world-cup-qualifiers\/","og_site_name":"Ghanamma.com","article_published_time":"2023-07-21T11:26:34+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1024,"height":683,"url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Chris-Hughton.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Ghana News","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Ghana News","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/07\/21\/chris-hughton-cautioned-over-2026-world-cup-qualifiers\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/07\/21\/chris-hughton-cautioned-over-2026-world-cup-qualifiers\/","name":"Chris Hughton cautioned over 2026 World Cup qualifiers - Ghanamma.com","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/07\/21\/chris-hughton-cautioned-over-2026-world-cup-qualifiers\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/07\/21\/chris-hughton-cautioned-over-2026-world-cup-qualifiers\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Chris-Hughton.jpg","datePublished":"2023-07-21T11:26:34+00:00","dateModified":"2023-07-21T11:26:34+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/#\/schema\/person\/6f91dab2e50bbbfe895c93e7e84e7f74"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/07\/21\/chris-hughton-cautioned-over-2026-world-cup-qualifiers\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/07\/21\/chris-hughton-cautioned-over-2026-world-cup-qualifiers\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/07\/21\/chris-hughton-cautioned-over-2026-world-cup-qualifiers\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Chris-Hughton.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Chris-Hughton.jpg","width":1024,"height":683},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/07\/21\/chris-hughton-cautioned-over-2026-world-cup-qualifiers\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Chris Hughton cautioned over 2026 World Cup qualifiers"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/","name":"Ghanamma.com","description":"Ghana mma provides breaking news, top stories in Ghana, Africa, business, entertainment, politics and more.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/#\/schema\/person\/6f91dab2e50bbbfe895c93e7e84e7f74","name":"Ghana News","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Ghana News"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023"],"url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/author\/ghanamma\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85640","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85640"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85640\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/77049"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85640"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85640"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85640"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}