{"id":216759,"date":"2024-09-11T18:34:42","date_gmt":"2024-09-11T18:34:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/09\/11\/it-is-still-possible-stars-coach\/"},"modified":"2024-09-11T18:34:42","modified_gmt":"2024-09-11T18:34:42","slug":"it-is-still-possible-stars-coach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/09\/11\/it-is-still-possible-stars-coach\/","title":{"rendered":"It Is Still Possible &#8211; Stars Coach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Otto Addo<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Black Stars coach, Otto Addo, remains optimistic of Ghana\u2019s qualification for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) despite a shaky start.<\/p>\n<p>Ghana have gone past two games with just a point, having lost their opening game against Angola in Group F, in Kumasi and managed a 1-1 draw against Niger.<\/p>\n<p>Ghana next face Sudan in a double-header in October with hopes of reviving their qualifying campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Addo said after the Niger game, \u201cSo it\u2019s still possible but we have to improve, we have to improve much.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have to improve to use our chances and also to defend better in detail and to learn our lessons.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added, \u201cLike I said, the goals are too cheap and we have to grow from this; we have to learn from this. This is even more than a wake-up call.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Addo expressed frustrations over his team\u2019s defending during the match against Niger.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are allowing too cheap goals. Like I said, I am disappointed; we didn\u2019t learn the lessons from the first game. Now it\u2019s a set piece, we are all back, we need to defend this better, this is for sure and like I said, I am really disappointed. But surely it\u2019s still in our own hands. We have the same point as Niger and now we have to wait,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>By Kofi Owusu Aduonum<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 2 -->\n\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Otto Addo \u00a0 Black Stars coach, Otto Addo, remains optimistic of Ghana\u2019s qualification for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) despite a shaky start. Ghana have gone past two games with just a point, having lost their opening game against Angola in Group F, in Kumasi and managed a 1-1 draw against Niger. Ghana [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":216760,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-216759","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-local-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>It Is Still Possible - Stars Coach - 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\/09\/11\/it-is-still-possible-stars-coach\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"It Is Still Possible - Stars Coach - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Otto Addo \u00a0 Black Stars coach, Otto Addo, remains optimistic of Ghana\u2019s qualification for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) despite a shaky start. 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