{"id":234931,"date":"2024-10-19T08:23:54","date_gmt":"2024-10-19T08:23:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/19\/otto-addo-opens-up-on-how-he-survived-after-ghana-lost-to-sudan\/"},"modified":"2024-10-19T08:23:54","modified_gmt":"2024-10-19T08:23:54","slug":"otto-addo-opens-up-on-how-he-survived-after-ghana-lost-to-sudan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/19\/otto-addo-opens-up-on-how-he-survived-after-ghana-lost-to-sudan\/","title":{"rendered":"Otto Addo opens up on how he survived after Ghana lost to Sudan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanaweb.com\/imagelib\/pics\/493\/49332978.295.jpg\" alt=\"Black Stars head coach, Otto Addo\" title=\"Black Stars head coach, Otto Addo\" width=\"295\" height=\"185\" \/> <span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Black Stars head coach, Otto Addo<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"-webkit-user-select: none; -webkit-touch-callout: none; -moz-user-select: none; -ms-user-select: none; user-select: none;\">\n<p id=\"article-123\">The Head coach of the Black Stars, Otto Addo, has shared the tough moments he went through following Ghana\u2019s disastrous defeat to Sudan in the 2025 African Cup of Nations qualifiers.<\/p>\n<p>In his narration, he noted that he was emotionally, physically, and psychologically damaged, describing it as a \u2018dead\u2019 moment for him.<\/p>\n<p>However, he was able to recover from the situation with support from his relatives and friends who encouraged him to stay strong despite the trying moments he found himself in.<\/p>\n<p>Otto Addo assured that after some days, he has now been able to recover from the loss and will work tirelessly with the players to win the remaining two matches.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo be honest, the last two days [after the Sudan match], I was dead. But now, I got a lot of positive feedback and a lot of support from family and friends, and this is the time I need them. And this brought me back on track and is very important for us to think ahead to try as much as possible to win the last games,\u201d he is quoted by myjoyonline.com to have said. <\/p>\n<p>The Black Stars suffered a catastrophic defeat to Sudan, losing 2-0 at the Martyrs of February Stadium in Libya. <\/p>\n<p>Ghana now faces the huge uncertainty of qualifying for Africa&#8217;s flagship competition in 2025 after earning just two points from four games and, as a result, sitting third in their group.<\/p>\n<p>The Black Stars will now have to win their two remaining games of the qualifiers while hoping that Sudan loses their respective matches in order to avoid not qualifying for the AFCON for the first time in 20 years.<\/p>\n<p><b><\/b>Ghanaians react to Black Stars&#8217; 2-0 defeat to Sudan <\/p>\n<p><div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"DAC048pvz9M\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ghanaians slam Otto Addo, Black Stars players after shameful defeat against Sudan\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DAC048pvz9M?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><b>Watch the first episode of GhanaWeb TV\u2019s Ballot Briefing below:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"2Q15zVFtsBI\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Is Ghana&#039;s Minority Becoming the Majority?***Akua Donkor Threatens Mahama | Ballot Briefing\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2Q15zVFtsBI?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>SB\/ ADG<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Black Stars head coach, Otto Addo The Head coach of the Black Stars, Otto Addo, has shared the tough moments he went through following Ghana\u2019s disastrous defeat to Sudan in the 2025 African Cup of Nations qualifiers. In his narration, he noted that he was emotionally, physically, and psychologically damaged, describing it as a \u2018dead\u2019 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":233031,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-234931","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Otto Addo opens up on how he survived after Ghana lost to Sudan - 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\/19\/otto-addo-opens-up-on-how-he-survived-after-ghana-lost-to-sudan\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Otto Addo opens up on how he survived after Ghana lost to Sudan - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Black Stars head coach, Otto Addo The Head coach of the Black Stars, Otto Addo, has shared the tough moments he went through following Ghana\u2019s disastrous defeat to Sudan in the 2025 African Cup of Nations qualifiers. 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