{"id":229139,"date":"2024-10-09T22:11:10","date_gmt":"2024-10-09T22:11:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/09\/2025-afcon-qualifiers-sudan-not-under-pressure-to-beat-ghana-john-manu\/"},"modified":"2024-10-09T22:11:10","modified_gmt":"2024-10-09T22:11:10","slug":"2025-afcon-qualifiers-sudan-not-under-pressure-to-beat-ghana-john-manu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/09\/2025-afcon-qualifiers-sudan-not-under-pressure-to-beat-ghana-john-manu\/","title":{"rendered":"2025 AFCON Qualifiers: Sudan not under pressure to beat Ghana &#8211; John Manu\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>By Simon Asare\u00a0<br \/>\u00a0<br \/>Accra, Nov.9, GNA \u2013 The top marksman of the Sudanese national team, John Manu, says the team is not under pressure to get results against the Black Stars of Ghana, but they are prepared for the clash.\u00a0<br \/>\u00a0<br \/>Ghana\u2019s Black Stars would lock horns with their Sudanese counterparts in the third Group F match of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations, which would be played at the Accra Sports Stadium.\u00a0<br \/>\u00a0<br \/>Speaking at a pre-match press conference, Manu, who plays for Al-Ahli Benghazi, stated that his teammates are very calm ahead of the match and are not perturbed about the quality of their opponents.\u00a0<br \/>\u00a0<br \/>\u201cSudan is not a new team in this kind of competition, having once won the AFCON. 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We are very calm, and we are well prepared for this match.\u00a0<br \/>\u00a0<br \/>\u201cI am very happy to be in Ghana, and actually my favourite player is Asamoah Gyan, and I am honoured to play in front of his family, and I am proud to play like him.\u00a0<br \/>\u00a0<br \/>When asked about the difference their coach Kwesi Appiah has made to their team, Manu lauded the change he has brought to the team considering his vast experience in the coaching field.\u00a0<br \/>\u00a0<br \/>The highly anticipated Ghana vs. Sudan first-leg encounter at the Accra Sports Stadium will kick off at 16:00 GMT.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>GNA\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Simon Asare\u00a0\u00a0Accra, Nov.9, GNA \u2013 The top marksman of the Sudanese national team, John Manu, says the team is not under pressure to get results against the Black Stars of Ghana, but they are prepared for the clash.\u00a0\u00a0Ghana\u2019s Black Stars would lock horns with their Sudanese counterparts in the third Group F match of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":229140,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-229139","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-top-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>2025 AFCON Qualifiers: Sudan not under pressure to beat Ghana - John Manu\u00a0 - 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\/10\/09\/2025-afcon-qualifiers-sudan-not-under-pressure-to-beat-ghana-john-manu\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"2025 AFCON Qualifiers: Sudan not under pressure to beat Ghana - John Manu\u00a0 - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"By Simon Asare\u00a0\u00a0Accra, Nov.9, GNA \u2013 The top marksman of the Sudanese national team, John Manu, says the team is not under pressure to get results against the Black Stars of Ghana, but they are prepared for the clash.\u00a0\u00a0Ghana\u2019s Black Stars would lock horns with their Sudanese counterparts in the third Group F match of [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/09\/2025-afcon-qualifiers-sudan-not-under-pressure-to-beat-ghana-john-manu\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-10-09T22:11:10+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Sports-Sudan-Player.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2048\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1536\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\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\\\/10\\\/09\\\/2025-afcon-qualifiers-sudan-not-under-pressure-to-beat-ghana-john-manu\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/10\\\/09\\\/2025-afcon-qualifiers-sudan-not-under-pressure-to-beat-ghana-john-manu\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Ghana News\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5\"},\"headline\":\"2025 AFCON Qualifiers: Sudan not under pressure to beat Ghana &#8211; 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