{"id":140088,"date":"2024-01-17T11:37:42","date_gmt":"2024-01-17T11:37:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/01\/17\/amb-quarcoo-bemoans-ghana-football-decline\/"},"modified":"2024-01-17T11:37:42","modified_gmt":"2024-01-17T11:37:42","slug":"amb-quarcoo-bemoans-ghana-football-decline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/01\/17\/amb-quarcoo-bemoans-ghana-football-decline\/","title":{"rendered":"Amb Quarcoo Bemoans Ghana Football Decline"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Amb Ray Quarcoo<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Former Black Stars Welfare Committee chairman ambassador Ray Quarcoo is beside himself with worry following Black Stars\u2019 current poor run.<\/p>\n<p>The Black Stars, once a power house, not only on the continent, but across the global has dipped in form; a situation which has raised eyebrows in football fraternity.<\/p>\n<p>And the question the former Ghana Boxing Federation boss is asking is while less fancied sides like Mozambique, Namibia , Equatorial Guinea are improving by the years, the same cannot be said about Ghana.<\/p>\n<p>To him, the Black Stars, one of the country\u2019s sports flagship products has lost its shine and appeal in the last few years- citing the last AFCON, where Ghana exited prematurely in Cameroun as a typical example.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, the goodwill sports ambassador is calling for a total overhauling of the team -from the technical, management and playing body.<\/p>\n<p>He said in an interview \u201d It is very worrying when Ghana struggle to play countries like Comoros and Cape Varde . Of course times have changed but I must admit that things have really gone out of hand.<\/p>\n<p>\u201d Countries we considered as less fancied keep improving , but the same cannot be said about Ghana.<\/p>\n<p>\u201d We play patternless games, no formation, and l lay this blame at the doorsteps of coach Chris Houghton. We have not seen any change since his arrival. The earlier we let him go the better.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ghana next face Egypt tomorrow in a must-win game. Nothing short of a win will see the Black Stars on their way out of the competition.<\/p>\n<p><!-- AI CONTENT END 2 -->\n\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amb Ray Quarcoo \u00a0 Former Black Stars Welfare Committee chairman ambassador Ray Quarcoo is beside himself with worry following Black Stars\u2019 current poor run. The Black Stars, once a power house, not only on the continent, but across the global has dipped in form; a situation which has raised eyebrows in football fraternity. 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