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When the GFA gave Addo an initial three-year contract this year the message was clear: that the focus was on qualification for the 2025 Afcon and 2026 World Cup.<\/p>\n
The 49-year-old, who had led the Black Stars to the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, won his first two competitive matches against Mali and Central African Republic in June.<\/p>\n
But then came the creation of an unwanted record – losing a game in Kumasi for the first time in 24 years – and now the risk of missing out on the 2025 Afcon.<\/p>\n
The Sudan defeat has raised questions about the future of Addo, who acknowledged the team were under pressure ahead of their meeting in neutral Libya.<\/p>\n
“The fans are not happy,” Ghanaian sports journalist Muftawu Abdulai told BBC Sport Africa.<\/p>\n
“The language, words, tone that is being directed towards the head coach is quite unpalatable.<\/p>\n
\u201cMany fans have gone to the extent of abusing him. They want him fired.\u201d<\/p>\n
However, Abdulai believes the GFA will retain the former Borussia Dortmund player.<\/p>\n
“I do not think that the GFA would even consider parting company with Otto Addo,” he added.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was made to understand this is a man they want to plan with. So Otto is not going anywhere.”<\/p>\n
Without a win after four rounds in Group F, Ghana must beat already-qualified Angola and Niger next month and hope Sudan fail to pick up a point against the same opposition.<\/p>\n
In the long term, Akonnor also emphasised the importance of working on youth development, which once produced the likes of Michael Essien, Sulley Muntari and Asamoah Gyan.<\/p>\n
“I think we focus on the Black Stars too much,” Akonnor, who was dismissed by Ghana in September 2021, said.<\/p>\n
“We’ve left our youth development. We have potential to be better and we need to do something drastically with all urgency.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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