{"id":90730,"date":"2023-08-10T20:30:19","date_gmt":"2023-08-10T20:30:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/08\/10\/fa-cup-champions-visit-sports-minister-ahead-of-africa\/"},"modified":"2023-08-10T20:30:19","modified_gmt":"2023-08-10T20:30:19","slug":"fa-cup-champions-visit-sports-minister-ahead-of-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/08\/10\/fa-cup-champions-visit-sports-minister-ahead-of-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"FA Cup champions visit Sports Minister ahead of Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"380\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Screenshot-2023-08-10-131355-696x380.png\"   alt=\"\" title=\"Screenshot 2023-08-10 131355\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dreams FC<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>FA Cup champions, Dreams FC have visited the Youth and Sports Minister, Mustapha Ussif, ahead of their Africa campaign.<\/p>\n<p>The Ghana Premier League side will represent the country in the 2023\/24 CAF Confederations Cup.<\/p>\n<p>The Still Believe lads defeated King Faisal at the Dr Kwame Kyei Sports Complex at Abrankese to lift the prestigious trophy.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>Ahead of their maiden participation in the Confederations Cup, Dreams FC officials and some players today, August 10 visited the Sports Minister with the trophy.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the gathering, General Manager Ameenu Shardow assured the sector minister they will improve their squad to make the country proud.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"680\" height=\"453\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-55.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2282296\"  \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Dreams FC officials<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWe have made all the efforts to prepare the team well for this challenge,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe technical and playing body have been boosted with some quality additions and we\u2019re confident we will do well,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Sports Minister also assured the side of government support and also charged them to perform.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a representative of the nation, it is our expectation that you put up a very good show,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGhana\u2019s performance in African club competition in recent times have not been inspiring and it\u2019s our hope that Dreams FC changes this narrative this season.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will do our best to offer all the support required to help you perform well,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Dreams FC have been paired with Guinean side, Milo Stars in the preliminary round of the game.<\/p>\n<p>Dreams FC will be hosted at the\u00a0General Lansana Conte Stadium in the first leg on Saturday, August 19 before the return leg at the Accra Sports Stadium on August 25.<\/p>\n<p>Other members that joined the team to visit the Sports Minister\u00a0include\u00a0Greater Accra RFA chairman Samuel Aboabir and Dreams FC President Mohammed Jiji Alifoe.<\/p>\n<p>Abdul Karim Zito was also part of the delegation representing the technical team with Abdul Jalilu also leading a team of players.<\/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=\"dNwkhOx56Vs\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Premtobre Kasee on Adom TV (10-08-23)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dNwkhOx56Vs?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>Dreams FC FA Cup champions, Dreams FC have visited the Youth and Sports Minister, Mustapha Ussif, ahead of their Africa campaign. 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