Kwesi Appiah turns attention to Mali after Congo draw
Posted On Tuesday, 22nd January 2013
Kwesi Appiah has turned attention to Mali after Congo draw
Kwesi Appiah maintains the Black Stars must forget about their 2-2 draw against DR Congo and focus on the bigger picture of beating Mali on Thursday.
The Black Stars were pegged back by the Leopards who turned on the heat in style to rally from two-goals down to draw 2-2 at the magnificent Nelson Mandela Bay stadium in Port Elizabeth.
The Ghanaians are now faced with a must-win situation against the Eagles in their second group B game on Thursday.
Mali will be in confident mood ahead of the fixture after they recorded a narrow 1-0 win over Niger to top the group.
The Ghana boss wants his players to forget about the slip against the Congolese and wants attention firmly fixed on dispatching Mali.
“The game against Congo is past and gone and we should forget about it,” Appiah said.
“We we need to do now is to concentrate on the next games. That’s more important at this time.
“I don’t want to go back and talk about Congo because it’s past. The future is more important now.”
Anything short of victory could prove disastrous for the African giants in the continental showpiece.
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Kwesi Appiah K.Asamoah is not a defender plz put him in the position he plays plz.
“When you talk the talk,you got to walk the walk” goes a popular saying in the US. I agree with you that DRC’s game is past and we need to focus our attention on the Mali game but did we learn any lessons from it? Do you have any plan B to tackle the Mali challenge?or is it going to be more of the same? Hope not! As it stands now,you haven’t convinced anybody,at least not me. You need to get your SELECTION and TACTICS for the Mali game. Keep in mind that they re more technically sound and they have the added advantage of height. However they are beatable and its not beyond the BLack Stars beat them soundly. Go Black Stars Go!!!
AA TO ME SEEMS LIKE A PERSON WHO IS SET IN HIS WAYS..LIKE THE BRITISH. THEY REFUSE TO CHANGE. AA CANT NOT THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX. U CANT BE LIKE DAT IF YOU WANT TO WIN. HOW DO U NOT PLAY DEFENCE AFTER U HAVE GONE UP 2 NIL AGAINST AN EXPERIENCED COACH LIKE LEROY? I DONT GET IT?
SQUADS
STARTING 11…
FATAU/ KWARASAY/ADJEI
2..AFFUL/AKAMINKO/PAINSTIL
3. WAKASSO /KISSI BOATENG
4/5..JONATHAN MENSHA/AWAL/ BOYE/VORSAH/AKAMINKO
6..ANNAN/RABIU/DEREK BOATENG..(AKAMINKO/BOYE CAN BE USED AS ALSO)
7..ATSU/ADOMAH/ASANTE
8..BADU/KASA/RABIU/DEREK BOATENG
9/10..YIADOM/CLOTTEY/GYAN
11..KASA/WAKASSO
COACHING TACTICS!
GYAN DOES NOT DESERVE TO BE CAPTAIN. GIVE THE CAPTAINSHIP TO BADU, KASA OR JONATHAN
SMALL LETTERED NAMES ON THE BACK OF OUR JERSEYS IS A NO NO…
AA SHOULD USE WAKASSO AS A LEFT BACK. AA MUST NEVER USE AFFUL AS A LEFT BACK, BUT ONLY A RIGHT BACK. AFTERALL, AFFUL HAS WON TROPHIES AS A
RIGH BACK WITH HIS CLUB. HIS EMPLOYERS PLAY HIM AT THE RIGHT BACK FOR A REASON. AKAMINKO CAN ALSO PLAY THE RIGHT BACK AND THE 6. ATSU SHOULD BE
MOVED TO THE 7. JONATHAN MENSAH IS THE DEFENCE MARSHALL AND MUST START ALL GAMES. PARTNER HIM WITH AWAL. THE MALIAN DEFENDERS ARE TALL AND BIG,
SO U NEED KASA, CLOTTEY, BADU, ADOMAH, ATSU, YIADOM TO INVADE AND USE SHORT, CRISP PASSESTO FRUSTRATE THEM UPFRONT…
How can they forget something which is hanging on their tails?
A word of advice to AA. The Boys must keep the ball on the grass almost all the time. In this direction,I think Paintsil have no business to start this game since he’s often found ballooing balls in the opponents area only for their defenders to deal with it comfortably. Selection and Tactics must be near perfect for this game.
Please resign honorably, Masa! You are bereft of ideas. save us the wahala! Come and coach Hearts of Oak.
i think one big problem Ghana is lacking is leadership on the pitch.Asamoah Gyan is a good player but i dont think he has leadership skills. God bless our homeland Ghana