Ibrahim Sannie Daara says frequent change of coaches negatively impacted Black Stars
By Ashiadey Dotse
CAF Senior Media Officer Ibrahim Sannie Daara has attributed the latest struggles of Ghana’s Black Stars to frequent adjustments of their teaching employees.
Since Kurt Okraku turned GFA president, the nationwide workforce has had 5 totally different head coaches. CK Akonnor changed Kwesi Appiah however was later succeeded by Milovan Rajevac. After a disappointing efficiency on the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon, Rajevac was let go, and Otto Addo took over briefly for the World Cup playoffs towards Nigeria.
Addo led the Black Stars to qualify for the World Cup in Qatar however resigned following an early exit from the event. Chris Hughton, who had been the workforce’s technical advisor, was then appointed as head coach, solely to be dismissed after one other group-stage elimination on the 2023 AFCON in Ivory Coast.
In March, the Ghana Football Association rehired Otto Addo with a 34-month contract.
Sannie Daara, who was the Communications Director for the Ghana Football Association, thinks these frequent teaching adjustments have disrupted the workforce’s development and confidence.
He instructed Asempa FM, “The Black Stars defeated Nigeria to qualify for the World Cup with a really younger workforce. If we had saved the momentum going, the workforce might have executed higher, however we failed to take care of it.”
He believes that endurance is required as Addo builds a robust and aggressive squad.
“The workforce struggles in tournaments and even towards weaker sides now. The technical workforce is engaged on growing a younger workforce, so we must be affected person,” he stated.
The Black Stars are at the moment third in Group F with solely two factors from 4 video games. They face Angola in Luanda on November 15 after which play at residence towards Niger Republic three days later of their last qualifiers for AFCON 2025.
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