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Former Black Stars skipper, Stephen Appiah, has implored the Ghana Football Association (GFA)\u00a0to consider approaching\u00a0former players of the senior team on how to win the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON).<\/p>\n

The West African country who have won the continent\u2019s most prestigious tournament four times has struggled to lift the trophy for the past 41 years.<\/p>\n

Ghana last won the AFCON trophy in 1982 in Libya. However, the Black Stars have come close to ending the drought in\u00a01992, 2010 and 2015.<\/p>\n

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The team during the 2021 AFCON in Cameroon suffered an embarrassing campaign after exiting the tournament in the group phase with just a point.<\/p>\n

Speaking on Prime Take on Joy Prime, Appiah\u00a0said the country needs a breakthrough to end the AFCON drought.<\/p>\n

\u201cFormer players, when you speak to them, you can get something from them,\u201d Appiah noted.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey are experienced so when you ask them about certain opinions; for instance Mohammad Polo, Abedi Pele, Abdul Razak and the rest they have won the African Cup before, so you can speak to them for advice.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u201cI\u2019m not talking about myself because have done it before we came so when I talk, I don\u2019t speak about Stephen Appiah, trust me, I\u2019ve never talked about myself never because I think that there are people who came before us, there are people who won trophies as I mentioned, Abedi Pele and the rest.<\/p>\n

\u201cSince 2008, we have been to the semi-finals and finals consistently. In 2015, against Cote d\u2019Ivoire, we had the chance to win it after they missed their first two penalty kicks, but we couldn\u2019t grab the cup.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo I think you [GFA] can invite certain former players and ask them \u2018what did they do to win the trophy during their time\u2019 and they will give you ideas, you can take it or not,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n

Ghana are on the verge of securing a spot in the 2023 AFCON in Ivory Coast next year but must win or draw against the Central African Republic (CAR) in September later this year.<\/p>\n

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