Kwesi Appiah not bothered about misfiring strikers at Nations Cup
Posted On Saturday, 26th January 2013
Kwesi Apiah not bothered about misfiring striker
Ghana coach Kwesi Appiah is not worried about the lack of goals from his strikers in the ongoing 2013 Africa Cup of Nations in South Africa.
The Black Stars have scored three times and conceded two in their opening two matches at the continental showpiece.
The team lacked the firepower against Mali in their last encounter as they needed a Mubarak Wakaso’ 38th minute penalty to pick maximum points.
Striker Asamoah Gyan is yet to sparkle with midfielders Emmanuel Agyemang Badu, Mubarak Wakaso and Kwadwo Asamoah getting the three goals so far.
The Ghanaian trainer says he is satisfied with the scoring ability of his team.
“I think we’ve played two games and scored three goals. I don’t think it’s that bad considering the fact that our opponents are very strong,” Appiah said at Saturday’s press conference
“There is no way you can think of beating Mali between 4 to 5 goals.
“It could happen but you need to show respect to our opponent.”
The Black Stars will next play Niger in their final group B game at the Nelson Mandela Bay stadium in Port Elizabeth.
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Our opponents are very strong? Are you serious? If we can’t even beat congo or niger, how will we ever fare against Argentina, England, Uruguay at the World Cup then. Not to mention the Confed Cup if we win this edition. Then we play against Brazil, Spain and Italy. Shaking my head..
@John, pls dont shake ur head ok. Lets face the fact and call a spade a spede. There are no minnows in African football these days.
Coachito: that was a very unguarded statement. You should be bothered about mis-firings of your team. All the class mates of Asa Gyan have scored so far. We in Ghana think Asa Gyan is on the same level as Drogba, Adebayor and all the qworld class strikers we have in the world today. You saying you are not bothered is a sign of incompetence. See to the problem and fix it and make sure they start to fire accurately. That is what competent coaches do
ghanaians koraa we talk to much.now in the game of soccer there are no underdogs anymore.
any team that plays against the stars want to prove a point that they can compete with the blackstars.
i must say everytime ghana starts a tournament,they always start bad but during the course of the tourney they get themselves together n bring on the needed performance.
since the 2006 world cup in germany,ghana has been the only african team that progressed to next stage of the tournaments out of the group stages may it be afcon or worldcup.
here are the records 2006 only african team that qualified to the round of sixteen,afcon 2010 they went to semi-finals,afcon 2010 in angola finals,world cup 2010 in south africa only african team that qualified to the last 8 but n with a bit of luck they would have been the first african country to reach semi-finals in a worldcup,afcon 2012 in gabon n equatorial guinea semi-finals.can that be said of the so called best team of africa ovory coast?
travel around the world n ask soccer pundits,they will tell u how strong ghana is.no wonder malian coach cateron called ghana germany of african football.a word to the wise……….
i meant afcon 2008 semi-finals
Akwasi Appiah should have added Dede Ayew. All the misfiring is a fact that we need someone who can hold the ball and create just as Gervinho does for Ivory Coast. Dede could have been our player to do just that. Atsu can do that too but this is his first AFCON and he is being a bit careful not to be blamed. However, I think SOLOMON ASANTE “the torpido” can handle that job.
Coach Appiah should bring in Solo to use his speed to disrupt defenders which then can create goals for Asamoah Gyan and others.
Thanks.