{"id":270292,"date":"2024-12-25T04:46:51","date_gmt":"2024-12-25T04:46:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/12\/25\/ghanas-afcon-absence-will-hit-hard-when-tournament-begins-majeed-waris\/"},"modified":"2024-12-25T04:46:51","modified_gmt":"2024-12-25T04:46:51","slug":"ghanas-afcon-absence-will-hit-hard-when-tournament-begins-majeed-waris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/12\/25\/ghanas-afcon-absence-will-hit-hard-when-tournament-begins-majeed-waris\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghana\u2019s AFCON absence will hit hard when tournament begins \u2013 Majeed Waris"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanaweb.com\/imagelib\/pics\/609\/60908003.295.jpg\" alt=\"Ghanaian forward Majeed Waris\" title=\"Ghanaian forward Majeed Waris\" width=\"295\" height=\"239\" \/> <span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Ghanaian forward Majeed Waris<\/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\">Ghanaian forward Majeed Waris has expressed disappointment over the Black Stars\u2019 failure to qualify for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), predicting the impact will be more deeply felt when the tournament kicks off in December 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Ghana missed out on AFCON qualification for the first time in 21 years after a dismal six-game winless run left them at the bottom of Group F with just three points.<\/p>\n<p>Angola and Sudan secured the group\u2019s top two spots, earning tickets to next year\u2019s continental showpiece in Morocco.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it is a shame to all of us, and I feel like something needs to be done,\u201d Waris, who played for Ghana from 2012 to 2019, told JoySports.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEveryone is hurt, and we are not going to feel it that much now, but when it\u2019s time for the tournament, when you see the countries arriving for the tournament and the joy and happiness that it brings into the country, that\u2019s when the country [Ghana] will feel it more.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is something that we are all not happy about.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Coach Otto Addo, who oversaw the qualifiers, faces mounting pressure, with his future yet to be decided by the Ghana Football Association (GFA).<\/p>\n<p>This marks Ghana\u2019s first AFCON absence since 2004.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ghanaian forward Majeed Waris Ghanaian forward Majeed Waris has expressed disappointment over the Black Stars\u2019 failure to qualify for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), predicting the impact will be more deeply felt when the tournament kicks off in December 2025. Ghana missed out on AFCON qualification for the first time in 21 years [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":270293,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-270292","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-top-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Ghana\u2019s AFCON absence will hit hard when tournament begins \u2013 Majeed Waris - 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\/12\/25\/ghanas-afcon-absence-will-hit-hard-when-tournament-begins-majeed-waris\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ghana\u2019s AFCON absence will hit hard when tournament begins \u2013 Majeed Waris - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Ghanaian forward Majeed Waris Ghanaian forward Majeed Waris has expressed disappointment over the Black Stars\u2019 failure to qualify for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), predicting the impact will be more deeply felt when the tournament kicks off in December 2025. 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