{"id":249692,"date":"2024-11-12T15:46:16","date_gmt":"2024-11-12T15:46:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/11\/12\/afcon-2025q-our-motivation-is-in-playing-for-ghana-mensah\/"},"modified":"2024-11-12T15:46:16","modified_gmt":"2024-11-12T15:46:16","slug":"afcon-2025q-our-motivation-is-in-playing-for-ghana-mensah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/11\/12\/afcon-2025q-our-motivation-is-in-playing-for-ghana-mensah\/","title":{"rendered":"AFCON 2025Q: Our motivation is in playing for Ghana &#8211; Mensah"},"content":{"rendered":"<br><div id=\"article-text\">\n                       \n                        \n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ghana\u2019s Black Stars could have their fate in the 2025 AFCON qualifiers sealed before they take on Angola in their penultimate qualifying match on Friday.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ghana go into the final round of matches needing to win both games, while hoping Sudan lose their final two games.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With Sudan taking on Niger 24 hours before Ghana faces Angola, the Black Stars could already be eliminated from the qualifying series before Friday\u2019s kickoff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite the reality, Black Stars defender, Gideon Mensah says they are motivated to get the needed result.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOur motivation comes from playing for Ghana.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe have millions of people here in Ghana who support us every game we play.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe are here for the two games and we are mentally prepared for them.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThere\u2019s nothing else to think about except the games in front of us, he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Failure to book a place at the competition in Morroco will be the first time in 20 years Ghana have failed to qualify for the AFCON.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n                <p><strong>DISCLAIMER: <\/strong>The Views, Comments, Opinions, Contributions and Statements made by Readers and Contributors on this platform do not necessarily represent the views or policy of Multimedia Group Limited.<\/p>      \n               \n <!-- Post Tags -->\n                \n\n                        \n\n    \n                                 \n                                             \n                    <\/div><div style=\"clear: both; 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