{"id":254391,"date":"2024-11-22T07:14:21","date_gmt":"2024-11-22T07:14:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/11\/22\/ghana-has-talented-players-across-the-globe\/"},"modified":"2024-11-22T07:14:21","modified_gmt":"2024-11-22T07:14:21","slug":"ghana-has-talented-players-across-the-globe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/11\/22\/ghana-has-talented-players-across-the-globe\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Ghana has talented players across the globe\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"the-post\">\n<p><!-- .entry-header-outer \/--><\/p>\n<div class=\"featured-area\">\n<div class=\"featured-area-inner\">\n<figure class=\"single-featured-image\"><img width=\"750\" height=\"470\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanaiantimes.com.gh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/George-Afriyie-750x470.jpg\" class=\"attachment-jannah-image-post size-jannah-image-post wp-post-image\" alt=\"\u2022 George Afriyie\" data-main-img=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><figcaption class=\"single-caption-text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"tie-icon-camera\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/> \u2022 George Afriyie<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content entry clearfix\">\n<p>\u00a0Former Vice President of the Ghana Football Asso\u00adciation (GFA), Mr George Afriyie, has shot down the notion that Ghana doesn\u2019t have a lot of talented players compared to the past as suggested by Black Stars Head Coach, Otto Addo, recently.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t believe in that asser\u00adtion that we lack the caliber of players that represented Ghana in the past. Presently, we have players that are as talented like the past legends. We have very good players to at least match these and failed to win one.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>George Afriyie noted this in an exclusive interview on Citi FM\u2019s Eyewitness News after Gha\u00adna failed to qualify to the 2025 AFCON.<\/p>\n<p>The Black Stars finished bottom in Group F after failing to win a game in six outings; Angola and Sudan finished first and sec\u00adond, respectively to progress to the tournament in Morocco next year.<\/p>\n<p>After losing 2-1 and drawing 1-1 with Niger and losing 2-0 to Sudan and drawing goalless with the Kwasi Appiah led team in the qualifiers, George Afriyie believes that Ghana have talented players who can get the job done.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNobody can convince me that we don\u2019t have the talent to match Niger, Sudan or Angola. 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