{"id":197642,"date":"2024-07-08T12:27:50","date_gmt":"2024-07-08T12:27:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/07\/08\/lower-their-expectations-for-the-black-stars-asamoah-gyan-tells-ghanaians\/"},"modified":"2024-07-08T12:27:50","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T12:27:50","slug":"lower-their-expectations-for-the-black-stars-asamoah-gyan-tells-ghanaians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/07\/08\/lower-their-expectations-for-the-black-stars-asamoah-gyan-tells-ghanaians\/","title":{"rendered":"Lower their expectations for the Black Stars \u2013 Asamoah Gyan tells Ghanaians \u2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p id=\"article-123\">Former Ghana Captain Asamoah Gyan has encouraged Ghanaians to manage their expectations for the Black Stars, despite the team\u2019s recent impressive victories in the 2026 World Cup qualifiers.<\/p>\n<p>After failing to secure a single victory throughout 2024, the Black Stars achieved consecutive wins against Mali and The Central African Republic in the June 2024 qualifiers for the Canada, Mexico, and USA tournament.<\/p>\n<p>This has placed Ghana in second position in Group I of the African qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup with nine points, trailing Comoros only on goal difference.<\/p>\n<p>In a display of resilience, the Black Stars turned a one-goal deficit into a 2-1 victory over Mali in Bamako and came from behind at halftime to clinch an exhilarating 4-3 win against The Central African Republic in Kumasi.<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, Asamoah Gyan believes that Otto Addo requires five years to develop a team capable of competing for trophies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGhanaians should limit their expectations of the Black Stars,\u201d the Ghana all-time top scorer told Kumasi-based Pure FM.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe players are young, we should allow the coach to build the team, let\u2019s say five years to develop the team. After that, then we can expect them to win trophies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:\u00a0<\/strong>footballghana.com<\/p>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 1 --><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Ghana Captain Asamoah Gyan has encouraged Ghanaians to manage their expectations for the Black Stars, despite the team\u2019s recent impressive victories in the 2026 World Cup qualifiers. 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