Ghana will come better against Tunisia-Stevanovic
Posted On Thursday, 2nd February 2012
Ghana's coach Goran Stevanovic reacts during their African Cup of Nations Group D soccer match against Botswana at the Stade de Franceville in Franceville, Gabon, Tuesday Jan. 24, 2012. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)
Ghana coach Goran Stevanovic has promised a better performance against Tunisia in the quarter-final of the Nations Cup.
The Black Stars have been criticized for an unconvincing display against Guinea on Wednesday which however earned them top spot in Group D.
Ghana’s title winning credentials are in doubt and must dust themselves off before their knock-out stage clash on Sunday.
Stevanovic admits his side were handed a reality check by the Guineans who failed to qualify.
“It was a very tough game,” Stevanovic said after the game.
“It was a very nervous game because Guinea needed to win and that complicated the situation.
“We started to win 1-0 but after one strange goal [Guinea equalizer] we continued to play and tried to win. We qualified but not practically [performance].
”The only thing on our head is maybe not too much ambition, not too much intensity. We would be better in the next game.”
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the coach have to be careful about his selections, we need a bether right back
thank you my brother. our current left back is just not up to it. he needs to be changed immediately.
Stevanovic is only just coming to terms with African football after all the noise about the Black Stars that he made.
Oh why Ghana? yesterday,our team was totally out of the game almost through out the whole 90 minutes. I pray that we rectify our mistakes and correct them before the rest of the subsequent matches.
Yes brothers we need beter right back not John Painstil who like setting funny offside traps.
The Guinians were playing very rough so thought we will lose a player trough injury.
Big up to the coach anyway because the referee too was another factor which prevented us from winning
Oh ur performance last 9nt was poor n also our men shd lift up deir game against tunis so dat da 3pts wil b ours! Blackstars blackstars do or die
Kwarasey Did a good work yesterday. The goal I think…..
God das nt share his glory wf little beings like fetish priests so next tym if u wnt gh to win dont propagate such trash.wev sn it b4 if we wnt to trophyless agen,we shud cntnu to put our faith in gods.if thy wer so powrful y cudnt they prevnt slavery 4m hapenin.GOD DASNT SHARE HIS GLORY!
i think samuel inkoom has no place in midfeild and should never be played as a right winger again,he plays best in the right back position,painstl should warm the bench,derek boateng should play alongside badu,instead of annan,somebody tell the coach we support him and the team,but a little advice will save us all a disaster
My Friend, I have been saying exactly what you wrote for ages, you are so right, Inkoom could become a world class right back yet he is being subjected to the midfield, why only God knows, john P is past it and if he really cared about Ghana he would move over for inkoom and opare to battle out for the spot, also derek boateng has been amazing alongside badu all season now we get to thetournement and he is now benched kmt, i just don’t understand, we cant have two short centre mids thats why we are constantly getting over run in these games. IVE SAID MY PEACE!
I hope we improve in our subsiquent games b,cos these tunisians play very well especially their wingers they will try to strech our fullbacks like hell.
We seriously need to bench John Paintsil and allow Incoom or Opare.
john pantsil shd sit for opare to play
I dont understand why John Pantsil leaves the right flank always open for crosses to come from there. Also we need desperately Derek Boateng to come and try to cordinate the attack from midfield, which was very lacking in the whole game.
Opare can do better than(Ayga koo)pantsil
But do u all know paintsil took the man of the match award..how come we saw nothing from him
why didn’t you guys applied for the star’s job. Too many coaches on this site
The person posting is the exact same person trolling. Paintsil will start the next game also! Kurasini aboa trying to spam on the internet!!!!
i hope mensah wil be ready on sunday to partner boye.vorsah was a bit shaky. Paintsil must be substituted in the 2nd half. Wen he was bringing tagoe i thought he was taking pantsil off bring inkoom there and leave gyan and tagoe upfront whiles kwadwo drops to the right wing to counter the pressure. We conceded a lot of corner kicks. Had it not been the keeper and vorsah who were good in the air we would have gone down with about 4 goals. U really need to come better because n africans, they dramatise and frustrate you.
i have allways said this john painstil will cost us this cup and we will not forgive the coach for that.
What has john paintsil done?why are u all blaming him and leaving out the incompetent goalkeeper who doesnt even know how to position himself.john never allowed the guinean to go pass him,infact it was because of that that guy decided to cross the ball instead of holding on till he had completely beaten him.How can a keeper that height be beaten from such distance.i say daniel adjei should start against tunisia.he’s won 2 trophies already for ghana n he’s much more confident than that kwarasey guy.pls leave paintsil alone.he was even the man of the match.
Why would you say incompetent goalkeeper whiles he is there on merit. When Brazil rescued the goalkeeping department by saving the situation when Ghana played Brazil you were happy. We have to encourage him to move forward.
PAAO SUCKS.I HAVE SEEN WORLD CLASS KEEPERS WITH THIS PROBLEM.
Les us encourage the boys they will do better
PANTSIL PLAYED VERY WELL YESTERDAY,IT WASN’T PANTSIL WHO LET THE BALL GO IN THE BACK OF THE NET,THE KEEPER SHOULD HAVE BEEN ON HIS LINE N AWARE OF THE BALL AT ALL TIMES,THAT DIDN’T HAPPEN,LETS FACE THE TRUTH B4 IT IS 2 LATE,IF WE MEET IVORY COAST WITH THIS NORWEGIAN GOAL KEEPER,WE WILL BE BURIED 6 FEET DEEP,DROGBA WILL MOPE THE FLOOR WIT THIS NEW GHANA GOALIE.LETS BE TRUTHFULL
I am tempted to believe that you were kind of dozing while the game was going on. Did you see the pass to Camara which he ended up rattling the net with? Bro if you know the game, you should have been agitating for Opare as the best candidate for that right back role.
the black stars did well n i congratulate de coach. he sims 2 kno de strategy 4 each opponent. lookn @ our next opponent i suggest dat he uses the ff personnel
kwarasey
2. d. opare 4. j. boye 5. jhn mensah 3. alhassan
annan badu
dede k. asamoah d. boateng muntari gyan
is inkoom an automatic player in the squad? he has no skill, no excitement, no crossing, he should be droped for a better winger.
@Seth,please we use 11 players on the pitch not 12.Please if we really want to take the trophy,PAINTSIL should be dropped for OPARE, he is not sharp and smart.This modern day football needs fast legs.Paintsil’s official age is 31yrs.( we can all understand what i mean).The oldest in the squad.Mr. coach and his assistant please open your eyes b4 it is too late.I rest my case.All the best,Ghana.
Jim. How can you manufacture a birth date for Pantsil. Are you his father?
@pk. U R 100 PERCENT RYT.wen i saw dat sorry abt k.bonsam i knew ryt away that we were going to suffer bt ma praya was atleast for a draw and not loss.THNX GOD.
@ Jim,I dont think u know what u talking about, if painstil is 31, then how old is annan.annan is not older than pantsil, but he is over 31.
Maybe we should use Agyeman Badu at right midfield and bring in Derrick Boateng to partner Annan in Holding midfield. Then Ayew, Kwadwo and Asamoah attacks with no mercy against Tunisia.
I think complacency n over confidence is what is killing our players. There is no underdog in football now. The coach n the playerz should know better. We need this trophy badly.
leave Paintsil alone. This is what we do and destroy the careers of players. All Paintsil bashers should don the national jersey and play the no2 position and see how it is.
Paintsil brings experience more than the mistakes. I want encourage Paintsil to do man marking instead of area marking. Area markings are dangerous especially when your opponent is swift and fast. It seems BS concedes goals from that side. For example Ghana vs Urugual when Paintsil brought Folan down and that free kick was scored of which Olele did not position himself very well. All the same let’s encourage Paintsil to make amends for the subsequent matches.
We all have to be realitic. Ghana team is no brazil. Tell me who is playing regular team football besides ayew brother and udinese duo. However we expect to trash anything we meet. Where is Senegel? Lets pray and support the boys to perform. Rather than bashing these guys.
I just feel sorry for this coach, He never knew how big a job coaching Ghana was going to be like. The spotlight that will be on him from all over the continent, every country just watching our next move to knock us out of our pedestal. What he failed to account for when he got the job was the abundance of players that will be available to him thus complicating his selection of players into the Black Star squad. I hope he also realizes that all his games or matches will be some country’s world cup.
Now he got his dream job lets see how good he really is
There is nothing wrong with Pantsil or our right back for that matter. Pantsil brings intelligence and skills to the right back. Apart from the strange goal, in my opinion he handled Camara quite well. All Pantsil bashers should realize that some players can create all sorts of problems for any defenders.
MASTERS PANTSIL HAS NOT DONE ANYTHING THING WRONG, HE IS DONE IS PART AND HE IS GOING TO DO HIS PART. NOBODY AGAIN NO ONE CAN CHANGE HIM COS HE IS AN INSPIRATION TO THE YOUNG ONCE, HE IS SUCH A TEAM PLAYER WHO CAN NEVER BE SUBSTITUTE ANY HOW.HE IS HAVE THE HAND OF GOD ON HIM FOR US TO WIN.HE WAS VOTED MAN OF THE MATCH AFTER U GUYS SIT HERE AND DAMAGED HIM, LOOK AT WHAT GOD HAS DONE, HE IS GOING NO WHERE. GOD BLESS U JOHN MAY U KEEP ON EXCEL IN DE COMING MATCHES.