{"id":142835,"date":"2024-01-24T13:36:46","date_gmt":"2024-01-24T13:36:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/01\/24\/black-stars-goalie-blames-players-for-woes\/"},"modified":"2024-01-24T13:36:46","modified_gmt":"2024-01-24T13:36:46","slug":"black-stars-goalie-blames-players-for-woes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/01\/24\/black-stars-goalie-blames-players-for-woes\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Stars Goalie Blames Players For Woes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Richard Ofori<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Black Stars goalkeeper, Richard Ofori, has laid the blame for his poor judgement at the doorstep of his teammates.<\/p>\n<p>To him, his defense failed to provide cover in the dying minutes, hence his decision to touch the goal kick bound ball which resulted in the late equaliser.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2026the ball was bouncing in front of me, and my players didn\u2019t cover me,\u201d he said after the game.<\/p>\n<p>Ghana surrendered their 2-0 lead to their Mozambican counterparts at latter stages of the game; robbing them the opportunity to advance to the last 16 stage of the competition on Monday in Cote d\u2019Ivoire.<\/p>\n<p>The shot stopper\u2019s failure to keep the ball in play resulted in a corner kick, which cancelled the Ghanaians lead.<\/p>\n<p>Ghana opened the scoring when the game had barely developed through Jordan Ayew from the spot.<\/p>\n<p>The Stars doubled the advantage after recess also from the spot, courtesy Jordan, but surrendered what seemed a qualification, from the spot and a header with six minutes remaining.<\/p>\n<p><strong>By Kofi Owusu Aduonum<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- AI CONTENT END 2 -->\n\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Richard Ofori \u00a0 Black Stars goalkeeper, Richard Ofori, has laid the blame for his poor judgement at the doorstep of his teammates. 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