\n
Former\u00a0Black Stars\u00a0midfielder\u00a0Derek Boateng\u00a0has criticized the Ghana Football Association (GFA) administration led by Kurt Okraku, accusing it of failing to advance the quality of football in Ghana.<\/p>\n
Football in Ghana has struggled to make a significant impact recently. In the last two Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) tournaments, the\u00a0Black Stars\u00a0were eliminated in the group stages. Similarly, at the World Cup in Qatar, the national team exited the group stage with only three points from nine available.<\/p>\n
In an interview, Boateng voiced his concerns about the current state of sports in the country and stressed the need for a collective effort to rejuvenate them.<\/p>\n
He took issue with how the administration handles criticism, stating, \u201cI have reservations about Kurt Okraku\u2019s leadership because they seem to take criticism personally. Constructive feedback is essential for the improvement of our sports, and it should be welcomed,\u201d the former Fulham midfielder told Accra-based Kingdom FM.<\/p>\n
He also commented on a recent meeting where Okraku suggested hiring more former footballers for national teams, arguing,<\/p>\n
\u201cIn one meeting, he mentioned employing many former footballers in national teams, but for me, competence should be the priority, not just being a former player.<\/p>\n
Boateng further noted, \u201cOur game is not in good shape, and there\u2019s a lot to do. We need to start from the grassroots because the foundation is crucial,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, FC Samartex and Nsoatreman FC are gearing up to make an impact in the CAF Champions League and Confederation Cup, following Dreams FC\u2019s impressive run to the semifinals of the Confederation Cup in their debut season.<\/p>\n
Source:\u00a0<\/strong>footballghana.com<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Former\u00a0Black Stars\u00a0midfielder\u00a0Derek Boateng\u00a0has criticized the Ghana Football Association (GFA) administration led by Kurt Okraku, accusing it of failing to advance the quality of football in Ghana. Football in Ghana has struggled to make a significant impact recently. In the last two Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) tournaments, the\u00a0Black Stars\u00a0were eliminated in the group stages. Similarly, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":203216,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-203214","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"\n
Our game is not in good shape under Kurt Okraku \u2013 Derek Boateng \u2013 - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/07\/25\/our-game-is-not-in-good-shape-under-kurt-okraku-derek-boateng\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Our game is not in good shape under Kurt Okraku \u2013 Derek Boateng \u2013 - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Former\u00a0Black Stars\u00a0midfielder\u00a0Derek Boateng\u00a0has criticized the Ghana Football Association (GFA) administration led by Kurt Okraku, accusing it of failing to advance the quality of football in Ghana. Football in Ghana has struggled to make a significant impact recently. In the last two Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) tournaments, the\u00a0Black Stars\u00a0were eliminated in the group stages. Similarly, […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/07\/25\/our-game-is-not-in-good-shape-under-kurt-okraku-derek-boateng\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-07-25T17:42:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-2008.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"300\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"178\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Ghana News\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Ghana News\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/07\\\/25\\\/our-game-is-not-in-good-shape-under-kurt-okraku-derek-boateng\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/07\\\/25\\\/our-game-is-not-in-good-shape-under-kurt-okraku-derek-boateng\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Ghana News\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5\"},\"headline\":\"Our game is not in good shape under Kurt Okraku \u2013 Derek Boateng \u2013\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-07-25T17:42:23+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/07\\\/25\\\/our-game-is-not-in-good-shape-under-kurt-okraku-derek-boateng\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":284,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/07\\\/25\\\/our-game-is-not-in-good-shape-under-kurt-okraku-derek-boateng\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/07\\\/image-2008.png\",\"articleSection\":[\"Sports\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/07\\\/25\\\/our-game-is-not-in-good-shape-under-kurt-okraku-derek-boateng\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/07\\\/25\\\/our-game-is-not-in-good-shape-under-kurt-okraku-derek-boateng\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/07\\\/25\\\/our-game-is-not-in-good-shape-under-kurt-okraku-derek-boateng\\\/\",\"name\":\"Our game is not in good shape under Kurt Okraku \u2013 Derek Boateng \u2013 - Ghanamma.com\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/07\\\/25\\\/our-game-is-not-in-good-shape-under-kurt-okraku-derek-boateng\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/07\\\/25\\\/our-game-is-not-in-good-shape-under-kurt-okraku-derek-boateng\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/07\\\/image-2008.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-07-25T17:42:23+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/07\\\/25\\\/our-game-is-not-in-good-shape-under-kurt-okraku-derek-boateng\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/07\\\/25\\\/our-game-is-not-in-good-shape-under-kurt-okraku-derek-boateng\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/07\\\/25\\\/our-game-is-not-in-good-shape-under-kurt-okraku-derek-boateng\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/07\\\/image-2008.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/07\\\/image-2008.png\",\"width\":300,\"height\":178},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/07\\\/25\\\/our-game-is-not-in-good-shape-under-kurt-okraku-derek-boateng\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Our game is not in good shape under Kurt Okraku \u2013 Derek Boateng \u2013\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/\",\"name\":\"Ghanamma.com\",\"description\":\"Ghana mma provides breaking news, top stories in Ghana, Africa, business, entertainment, politics and more.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5\",\"name\":\"Ghana News\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Ghana News\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/author\\\/ghanamma\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Our game is not in good shape under Kurt Okraku \u2013 Derek Boateng \u2013 - Ghanamma.com","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/07\/25\/our-game-is-not-in-good-shape-under-kurt-okraku-derek-boateng\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Our game is not in good shape under Kurt Okraku \u2013 Derek Boateng \u2013 - Ghanamma.com","og_description":"Former\u00a0Black Stars\u00a0midfielder\u00a0Derek Boateng\u00a0has criticized the Ghana Football Association (GFA) administration led by Kurt Okraku, accusing it of failing to advance the quality of football in Ghana. Football in Ghana has struggled to make a significant impact recently. In the last two Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) tournaments, the\u00a0Black Stars\u00a0were eliminated in the group stages. Similarly, […]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/07\/25\/our-game-is-not-in-good-shape-under-kurt-okraku-derek-boateng\/","og_site_name":"Ghanamma.com","article_published_time":"2024-07-25T17:42:23+00:00","og_image":[{"width":300,"height":178,"url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-2008.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Ghana News","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Ghana News","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/07\/25\/our-game-is-not-in-good-shape-under-kurt-okraku-derek-boateng\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/07\/25\/our-game-is-not-in-good-shape-under-kurt-okraku-derek-boateng\/"},"author":{"name":"Ghana News","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/#\/schema\/person\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5"},"headline":"Our game is not in good shape under Kurt Okraku \u2013 Derek Boateng \u2013","datePublished":"2024-07-25T17:42:23+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/07\/25\/our-game-is-not-in-good-shape-under-kurt-okraku-derek-boateng\/"},"wordCount":284,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/07\/25\/our-game-is-not-in-good-shape-under-kurt-okraku-derek-boateng\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-2008.png","articleSection":["Sports"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/07\/25\/our-game-is-not-in-good-shape-under-kurt-okraku-derek-boateng\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/07\/25\/our-game-is-not-in-good-shape-under-kurt-okraku-derek-boateng\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/07\/25\/our-game-is-not-in-good-shape-under-kurt-okraku-derek-boateng\/","name":"Our game is not in good shape under Kurt Okraku \u2013 Derek Boateng \u2013 - Ghanamma.com","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/07\/25\/our-game-is-not-in-good-shape-under-kurt-okraku-derek-boateng\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/07\/25\/our-game-is-not-in-good-shape-under-kurt-okraku-derek-boateng\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-2008.png","datePublished":"2024-07-25T17:42:23+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/#\/schema\/person\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/07\/25\/our-game-is-not-in-good-shape-under-kurt-okraku-derek-boateng\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/07\/25\/our-game-is-not-in-good-shape-under-kurt-okraku-derek-boateng\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/07\/25\/our-game-is-not-in-good-shape-under-kurt-okraku-derek-boateng\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-2008.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-2008.png","width":300,"height":178},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/07\/25\/our-game-is-not-in-good-shape-under-kurt-okraku-derek-boateng\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Our game is not in good shape under Kurt Okraku \u2013 Derek Boateng \u2013"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/","name":"Ghanamma.com","description":"Ghana mma provides breaking news, top stories in Ghana, Africa, business, entertainment, politics and more.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/#\/schema\/person\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5","name":"Ghana News","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Ghana News"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024"],"url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/author\/ghanamma\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203214","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=203214"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203214\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/203216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=203214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=203214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=203214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}