{"id":139137,"date":"2024-01-15T11:12:34","date_gmt":"2024-01-15T11:12:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/01\/15\/the-ambition-is-to-win-the-afcon-trophy-but-we-cant-promise-it-andre-ayew\/"},"modified":"2024-01-15T11:12:34","modified_gmt":"2024-01-15T11:12:34","slug":"the-ambition-is-to-win-the-afcon-trophy-but-we-cant-promise-it-andre-ayew","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/01\/15\/the-ambition-is-to-win-the-afcon-trophy-but-we-cant-promise-it-andre-ayew\/","title":{"rendered":"The ambition is to win the Afcon trophy, but we can\u2019t promise it \u2013 Andre Ayew\u00a0 \u2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Ghana captain Andrew Ayew says winning the African Cup of Nations ( AFCON) trophy has always been the team\u2019s major priority, but they can\u2019t promise it.<\/p>\n<p>The road to ending the 41-year Afcon trophy drought for Ghana starts with a group B encounter against Cape Verde at the Stade F\u00e9lix-Houphou\u00ebt-Boigny later on Sunday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The four-time champions would later take on seven-time holders Egypt and Mozambique in the other group games.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the pre-match press conference, Andre Ayew stated that predicting winners of the Afcon over the years has always been difficult, and the door was \u00a0open for any hardworking team to clinch the trophy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSince I started from day one in 2008, I have always had the ambition to make sure that we are able to bring the trophy home one day. We always come with that ambition, but we can\u2019t promise it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat we can do is make sure we give everything that we can day by day, game by game, and take our time. We have seen a lot of teams win this tournament without any dogs\u2019 chance, and we have seen teams who were expected to win, and indeed they won,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n<p>Andre Ayew also reiterated his belief in the team, saying they are determined to win the Cape Verde encounter and will take it match after match.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe just have to stay calm; we do our job and take it game by game. We are not going to promise anything, but I can assure that we are going be there and give our 100 percent to make sure we have a good start,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The Le Havre who has made 115 appearances and scored 24 goals for Ghana, will make his eighth appearance at the Afcon and will equal the record held by Cameroon\u2019s Rigobert Song and Egypt\u2019s Ahmed Hassan.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"602\" height=\"424\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/image-380.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-806311\"  \/><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Source<\/strong>:\u00a0<a>GNA<\/p>\n<p><!-- AI CONTENT END 1 --><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ghana captain Andrew Ayew says winning the African Cup of Nations ( AFCON) trophy has always been the team\u2019s major priority, but they can\u2019t promise it. 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