Ghana won’t be distracted by boardroom points to Zambia – Ghana FA boss
Posted On Wednesday, 10th October 2012
Kwesi Nyantakyi is not overly worried over points awarded to Zambia
By Patrick Akoto
Ghana FA boss Kwesi Nyantakyi says the country will not be distracted by the boardroom points awarded to Zambia in the 2014 World Cup qualifying campaign.
The Chipolopolo have jumped to the summit of group D after they won their protest against Sudan for fielding an ineligible player during their world cup qualifier in Khartoum in June this year.
The disciplinary committee of the world governing body ruled that Saif Ali, was not qualified to feature for the Nile Crocodile after receiving accumulated yellow cards in previous competitive matches.
But the country’s football chiefs insists the Black Stars will remained focus for the challenge ahead.
“We will not want to be distracted by this decision. We will not want to be influenced negatively by this decision,” Nyantakyi said.
“We want to remain as focus as ever and try to win all the games ahead of us. We win all our matches and then we are on top of our group with good scoreline.
He added: “That notwithstanding we’ve discussed and explained to the players that we must just go ahead and win our games. “
“They must all redouble their efforts. They have to tune their minds and build their psyche stronger than before because the obstacles ahead are now going to be more difficult than we previously knew.”
The Black Stars are currently in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, fine-tuning ahead of this weekend’s decisive 2013 African Cup of Nations qualifier against Malawi in Lilongwe.
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typical of these economic refugees in 9ja
Your comments are also typical of refugees who seek good education and peace in Ghana and are fleeing the slaughter by BOKO HARAM
you Ghanians wanted to go to FIFA and report Zambians after the defeat in Ndola, but alas you forgot that today there are so many people shooting videos in the stadia and the video evidence made you look like fools……
GFA MUST MAKE WILD!
For instance, when Maradona failed a drug test after Argentina won a match in 1994 world cup, the results stayed even though Maradona was banned.
The decision to award a 3-0 to Zambia against Sudan in their match in Sudan is unjust and must be reversed.
NYANTAKYI MUST CALL DESAILLY, ABEDI N GO SEE FIFA ASAP!
Its chipolopolo 2014!
he just trying to console himself otherwise things are bad
Zambians and nigerians get the fuck off this site..there’s no no way Zambia will make it to the world cup.it will rather be easier 4 a cow to enter into the eyes of a needle than Zambia going to world cup..we are not loosing any more games starting from Saturday..
When was the last time Ghana won the AFCON and how many teams participated in that tournament?
Dont manipiclate scripture, it is the sacred word of God be careful man. Hey, you fail to follow the rules you are out. even in an exam you can know everything but if you dont follow simple instructions, you still fail. so Ghana just work hard to qualify otherwise its Zambia going through.
Can the Ghanaians hold their fire!This is the only way we shall remove mediocrity from African football.Its becoz of such kind of leadership as exihibited by SFA why African soccer cannot move forward.Its a pity even Asia is now overtaking us interms of football as evidenced at the Olympics inspite of sending quality players to all the leagues in the world.We need such drastic decisions to ensure the game of football is not stained by such people as those at SFA.Besides you dont need someone to remind you that you are committing a crime for you to refrain.We are going nowhere if we tolerate such people to remain at helm of our game if we need to surpass the record set by Senegal,Ghana and Cameroon at the world cup
Brazil is a mirage to zambia as long as gh is involvd keep dreamin…nwankwo ritual man
why is ghana panicking. The game was between sudan and zambia. Even in italy juventus was relegated coz of corruption. Move on rules are rules. It wasnt fair for zambia for suadan to field a suspended player.
This site should change its name to GhanaBitterness.com
No, I think the name should be changed to Zambiasoccernet.com, because obviously you Zambians have taken it over. Strangely enough some of you go on to say Ghana is scared. But the fact that we are not invading your websit is an indication that Ghanaians are confident enough not to feel the need to scout your websits to find out what you are doing or saying. Between the two of us, why do you people find the need to be here in the first place? I guess it is obvious who is scared.
Africanus I must commend you, most Ghanians on this forum have very vulgar language but you are civil.
So between you and me this is what I think, Ghanasoccernet is quite efficient (though not professional) in their reporting; they have all the latest news among other websites. So it could be one thing attracting Zambians. But I came here to floss, if you know what I mean. When I got the news that we were given 3 points I remembered the fights I was having with people over that issue here so I came to bask in our glory. stupid reason right, but hey we are brothers and if we do not floss to each other who will.
zambia are the champions of africa 2012 there is no shame with them representing africa in brazil. We will do africa proud we have some extremely talented young men who are not afraid to rub shoulders and even beat teams with players like messi and iniesta. Sudan used a suspended player it is even more serios coz this player scored and contributed to zambia winning. Now that fifa has awarded zambia the points its finished for ghana. Zambia will now proceed to wallop lesotho home and away and destroy sudan making the game in ghana a formality. Ghana cannot qualify its impossible now.
You zombies only managed to win afcon by the help of the ghost of your former players dont forget that.
ZAMBIA COULD STILL HAVE BEATEN SUDAN AT HOME JUST LIKE THEY WILL DO WITH GHANA IF THEY OBSERVED RULES.
SO WARNING TO YOU GHANA DON’T FEATURE THAT PLAYER WHO KICKED OUR CAMERAS AND MICS WE KNOW THE RULES .YOU WILL BE SHOCKED.
dis is not probleme for ghana we will beat sudan away and that is it,and those 419 and boko haram nigerian refugees all over ghana will shut up
So, Zambia lost 2-0 because that particular player, Lio Messi, played for Sudan? LOL!!!
Ghana could have made it to the Afcon and faced Ivory coast if they did not behave the way Ghania bloggers are doing now. Football is won by scoring goals, having tactics as a team and NOT playing names like Gyan. Zambia is a very highly tactful team. The earlier Ghana accepts that the batter. If Ghana does not realize sooner they will keep getting bitter when they get bitten by Zambia more games in a roll.
LESOTHO HAS NOTHING TO LOSE BY GIVING ZAMBIA THE 6 POINTS AS SADC. AGAIN GHANA IS IN TROUBLE .
Lesotho wil do gh a favour n sudan go all out against zambia.gh wil win al remanin games n wil zambia no choice but to watch da wc on tv n support da almigty blakstars
And I Quote :
Sudan player warned FA over his ban – massive boost for Zambia ahead of Ghana.
http://www.ghanasoccernet.com/sudan-player-warned-fa-over-his-ban-massive-boost-for-zambia-ahead-of-ghana/
Hahaha ghana men runing around all emotional and mushy!
The truth is,its a mountain task for Ghana to climb on top.Ghana should start respecting the Zambian sward. Despisations will wound them even more coz it is tantamount to complacence. So becareful.
I recall GSN published an article stating that the So-Called unqualified player warn his country (Sudan) Football Association that he is not qualified to play but yet the country deliberately used him. If this was a civil or court case,i would have charged and convicted Sudan on 3 counts. 1) for violating the footballing law of not using unqualified player and 2) for refusing to obey the unqualified player who knows he is not qualified to play due to suspension or whatever. and 3) The Sundanese FA is obviously aim to cheat for knowing he is not qualified and he will definitely score. The third charge is a heavy one bcos is conspiracy to use Weapon of Mass Destruction to win a match. The player in question truly scored a goal so is a plan. If i am a judge i therefore will give not only 3points to Zambia but 6points and the upcoming match between Zambia and Sudan will no more be played due to the nature of their deliberate criminal act.
REALLY…..?????? GOOD FOR U THEN.EVEN US WE ARE JUST CHILLNG
I just dont understadn why zambians think they’ll qualify. If you say you are truely the champs of africa, then why do you sit down for sudan to score you 2 goals and you couldnt even replied with an offside. Now you crying for points, how disgraceful. If you say you champs of africa why didnt you tell Fifa to let you two to replay the match so that they can win 3-0 over you (zambia). I dont know why Fifa is trying to be so blind and stupid, how can you give points in a boardroom, how stupid is that?
Dear Zambians this is not your time yet, there is more room for improvement.
your comments dont make sense to be hoonest
My fellow Ghanaians, listen to me:
Please, let Zambians bask in their awarded 3 points and 3 goals, and let Sudan suffer because they knew the rules…the player himself even warned the FA before the game but they did not listen. Let me congratulate Zambia for having jumped ahead of the group MOMENTARILY. Here is what will happen:
1. Zambia must go to heaven and hell to beat Sudan in Ndola, because Sudan will give them hell, and can even cause an upset by beating Zambia in Ndola.
2. Zambia must also make sure they beat Lesotho in Maseru. But recall, Zambia’s away record is so porous that Lesotho can cause havoc to them in Maseru.
3. The enemy of my enemy is my friend. So Zambia must sit well, because Sudan will play it soft for Ghana in Khartoum. For sure they will, but even if they don’t, Ghana has beaten them twice in their own backyard so we can do it again. But trust me, how Sudan will play against Zambia isn’t going to be the same way they will play against Ghana.
4. Ghana will beat Lesotho again in Maseru. And we lead Zambia on goal difference, so Zambia…who can’t even score more than one goal in their own backyard….must play Lesotho (home and away) and score about 7 goals, and beat Sudan by about 5 goals…then come to Ghana and beat us by 4 goals to qualify. And is that feasible? It is easier for a whale to go through a camel’s eye than for Zambia to do that!
5. So assuming…and I mean assuming Zambia wins the rest of their next 3 world cup matches, and Ghana does the same…and even let’s say Zambia has an advantage of goals…say a +11 goal difference….they still have to beat us in Accra/Kumasi….and that is impossible even if they play with 11 strikers of defend with 24 men!
6. Due to the fact that head to head comes into play 1st, before goals scored or against, we are going to make sure that Zambia will not leave ACCRA/KUMASI without a basket of at least 4 goals (2 in each half) cos we are bringing every arsenal we have…from Essien through John Mensah…Abeyie, KPB….everyone is coming on board! Zambia can do anything they want…but trust me, they have no idea…cos we shall do EVERYTHING possible…..and I mean by all means necessary….to wallop them here!
7. Finally, we lead on goals…and we shall not relinquish that goal difference. Zambia will fall in Ghana…they can check their own away record….because the odds are against them if they don’t know.
Zambians….you have a tall order because Uganda is going to eliminate you this weekend from the AFCON…and your hopes for getting to the world cup will also be extinguished by Ghana soon…but it will start with Sudan giving you hell and Lesotho shocking you guys..before we put the nail on the coffin! Out of the 4 remaining matches left, trust me, Zambia…you will win ONLY 1….and that would be against Lesotho in Ndola by just 1 goal again!
In the end, your physical trainer…who is not a coach, will “resign”/be fired….and the whole nation will mourn for Zambia! Why? There shall be no AFCON…and no WORLD CUP!
Mark this on the wall! Always remember….”the enemy of my enemy is my friend”!
Thank you FIFA, and enjoy briefly Zambia! And make merry now Zambia…cos soon, laughter will be all tears (starting this weekend when you don’t even qualify to defend your AFCON crown)…..and we …Ghanaians…shall flood every Zambian website or soccer page to post comments and “mourn” with you…so get ready!
Ghana can do it
Ghana can do it beca we have than it before