Ghana crash out of AFCON as Burkina Faso shock Black Stars
Posted On Wednesday, 6th February 2013
Horrible spot-kicks in the lottery that is the penalty shoot-out saw Ghana crash out of the 2013 African Cup of Nations as the Black Stars missed the mark three times to see Burkina Faso win 3-2 at the Mbombela stadium on Wednesday night after 120 minutes of action saw the game ended 1-1.
Ironically Mubarak Wakaso scored the first goal of the semifinal from penalty spot to give Ghana the lead before a second half goal from Aristide Bance levelled matters and in the end saw Burkina Faso into their first ever AFCON final.
The first 45 minutes saw Burkina Faso with the majority of the possession, but it was Ghana who looked the more threatening side when going forward.
In the seventh minute, though, the Black Stars suffered a massive set-back when they lost their right-back, John Panstil, who pulled up with a hamstring injury and had to be replaced by Solomon Asante.
Still, despite the reshuffling of the pack, Ghana did not let the disruption disturb their play and they earned a penalty five minutes later when the referee, perhaps harshly so, adjudged Mady Panandetiguiri to have pulled down Christian Atsu inside the box.
Mubarak Wakaso proceeded to step up and scored his third penalty of the tournament to give Ghana the lead in the semifinal, 1-0.
On the half hour mark Asamoah Gyan should really have doubled the Black Stars lead when a great through ball saw him with just has the keeper to beat, but Daouda Diakite produced a great one-on-one save to deny him.
Two minutes later and Prejuce Nakoulma had a great chance to level matters when he also found himself in a one-on-one situation with the Ghanaian keeper, but he wildly fired his shot over the crossbar from 16-yards out.
In the 38th minute some great work by Kwadwo Asamoah down the left flank saw him work his way into the box and play a nice pass to Asante from the by-line, but the substitute sent his effort from close range just wide as the half ended 1-0 in favour of Ghana.
The second 45 saw Burkina Faso doing all the pressing early on as they went in search of the equaliser and they came close in the 53rd minute.
Aristide Bance was left unmarked at a corner-kick, but he saw his powerful header from 12-yards out brilliantly saved by the Ghanaian keeper, using the underside of the post and his palm to avoid the goal being scored.
Five minutes later and Gyan was bitterly unlucky not to double his side’s lead when an early low cross from the right saw him strike the ball onto the right hand post from 14-yards out.
In the 60th minute Gyan was made to rue that miss as Burkina Faso did find an equaliser through Aristide Bance.
A mistake in defence by Ghana saw Bance through on goal after a sublime pass from Charles Kabore, and the tall striker made no mistake with just the keeper to beat as he produced a clinical finish to level matters, 1-1.
Neither side could go on to find the winner in regular time as the match moved into extra time.
As the players tired in the extra time the action swung from end to end, but the best chance fell the way of Bance in the 112th minute when he latched onto a loose ball in a goal mouth scramble, but he saw his ten-yard shot cleared of the goalline by Harrison Afful.
Burkina Faso then suffered a huge blow in the 117th minute as Pitroipa was shown his second yellow card for simulation and duly shown red, reducing his side to ten men.
Nonetheless, the game ended all square and we moved into the dreaded lottery penalty shoot-out.
Three missed penalties from Ghana saw Burkina Faso win 3-2 on penalties and into their first ever AFCON final.
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ah, aa kraa WETIN DEY WRONG YOU?
BOYE CANT KEEP UP WITH BANSEY AND NAKOUMA. ONLY VORSAH IS DOING THE WORK. TAKE BOYE OUT N BRING IN AWAL OR JONATHAN MENSAH
KASA MUST PLAY BE USED AT THE 11. BRING IN KISSI TO PLAY THE 3. OR MOVE AFFUL TO THE 3, AND BRING IN AKAMINKO TO PLAY AGAINST BANCY AT TEH 2.
AA, IS WAITING FOR SMTHING TO HAPPEN BEFORE HE MAKES CHANGES. HE CANT DO THAT. HE MUST ANTICIPATE THE DANGER N PLAN AHEAD.
ASANTE AT THE 7. U NEED TO PUT CLOTTEY OR YIADOM UP FRONT TO USE HIS HEIGHT BCOS THE
BURKINABE DEFENDERS ARE TALL. GH IS GETTING PRESSURED BCOS GH ISNT PRESSURING BACK….
OH MY LORD…AA, THIS IS NOT A VIDEO GAME, OKAY. THIS IS NOT PLAYSTATION. DONT USE KASA AT LEFT BACK. ITS FOOLISHNESS. USE HIM AT THE 11
REMOVE BOYE N BRING IN AWAL. WAT IS RABIU DOING IN MIDFIELD WHEN ANNAN IS THERE? AA HW3 NE YIE.
we had players like Quincy Owusu Abeyie who can unlock defence easily but bcos of politics in Ghana football they have decided to play defensive. You take Lee Addy and the rest instead of Quincy and others. waste of space. Im soo pissed, I respect Akwasi Appiah but he could not prove that the Blackman is capable of handling his own affairs
QUINCY, APPIAH IS SIMPLY NOT AN INTELLIGENT GUY/COACH. PLAY CHECKERS OR CHESS WITH HIM AND HE WILL LOSE BY A MILE. HE IS SIMPLY NOT A SMART GUY. COACHES HAVE TO BE SMART INTUITIVELY TO SUCEED. APPIAH MUST RESIGN OR BE FIRED. I HAVE SEEN ALL I CAN FROM HIM AND IM SORRY. HE HAS NOTHING BEST TO OFFER. ALLOW MAXWELL OR DESAILLY TO TAKE OVER. HEARTS OF OAK IS THERE, APPIAH CAN GO N COACH THEM. OR HE CAN GET A JOB ELSEWHERE IN AFRICA. NOT A QUALITY COACH FOR GBSTARS, IM SORRY
kekekekekeke the best black mambas of Africa, Ghana has been shown how to play football. It was luck that they even went to penalties after that fake referee’s favor. Ghana will contune being semi-finalists. I thank God that the hatred that some Ghanians had for Chipolopolo has now been shifted the mighty Burkina Faso who have embarrassed the little black mambas called stars…hehehehehe
ASH,
CAF WANTED GH TO GO THRU AND MEET NAIJA IN THE FINALS, OKAY. IT WOULD HAVE MADE FOR A VERY EXCITING AFCON FINAL. BUT THIS IS HOW LAME APPIAH IS. HE IS SO LAME, HE CANT EVEN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE HELP HE IS BEING OPFFERED. HE DOSENT DESERVE TO COACH GBSTARS EVER AGAIN. EITHER DESAILLY OR MAXWELL KONADU MUST TAKE OVER. APPIAH IS NOT A QUALITY COACH. HE CAN GO N COACH HEARTS OR FIND A JOB SOMEWHERE IN AFRICA. IF HE PRVES HIMSELF, HE CAN COME BACK….AFTERALL, LOOK AT KESHIE?
@ghfuo, if u have to make two subs in the first half in a game that could last for over 120mins then ur a very baaaadddd coach…
c’mon can’t you see Boye is doing better than Vorsah???
pls allow the coach to do his work. maybe next time you need to apply for the coaching job.
SAXCEE, LOO. IF AA HAD FOLLOWED MY INSTRUCTIONS. WE WOULD NEED TO PLAY IN EXTRA TIME. PRESSURE CRUSHED METAL. IF U HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING MY POSTS, U WOULD HAVE NOTICED THE PLAYERS WHOM I PICKED TO START IN THIS GAME. U DONT UNDERSTAND THE GAME. UR LEVEL OF THINKING IS JUST LIKE APPAIH, ALWAYS SECOND GUESSING YPURSELF. APPIAH MUST RESIGN OR BE FIRED. I HAVE SEEN WHAT HE CNA DO. THERE IS NOTHING LEFT FOR HIM TO CONTRIBUTE FOR GBSTARS. IF NYANTAKYI CANT SECURE DESAILLY, THEN KONADU MUST TAKE FULL REINS. AA SHOULD GO N COACH HEARTS OF OAK….TIMID BRAIN GUY
Your level as Black stars is Quarter Finals. Why bother yourselves going into Semis? Those are stages for tough men who can endure the pressure of the tournament like Zambia, Nigeria, Burkina Faso. Not you minnows. Next we are coming to bury you at your backyard. Hope you have already gotten the grave No. from you local govt. We want a quick burial coz we are in a hurry to prepare for Brazil. “Favorites”, this term does not go with a trophy for God’s sake. I have always said this and i will continue to say it until it goes in you heads. Infact we shall use an air gun pellet (Under 17) on you coz the copper bullet is too strong for your team.
Embarrassing
OUR PROBLEM IS NOT THE PLAYERS, BUT THAT FOOLISH MAN APPIAH. HE IS A TOKE!..LIKE SUPER OD WILL SAY…APPIAH WO Y3 TOKE! GET RID OF HIM AND LET DESAILLY OR MAXWELL KONADU TAKE OVER. TWEAAAA!
@GH FUO,THINK BIG my friend why cant you use small letters in your posts? i mean there is nothing wrong but its actually difficult to follow your comments in upper casing
The Tunisian referee should be ashamed of himself. what a clear robbery officiating. a clear goal and a clear pk..Ghana were totally outclassed by the Burkina Babes. This match should have not go into a penalty shoot out cause it a clear win for Burkina Faso. Poor officiating again in this tournament..
It seem Ghana FA President , being an executive member of CAF and in support of Isa Hayatou Presidency have been assured of lifting the Afcon cup dubiously.How can the tunisia referee disallow such a goal by B/faso?.The panelty awarded to Ghana was never and can never be a penalty.Before then, Patroipa was brought down and the referee never awarded them the same. twice but rather gave him a red card..what a shame!!.Against Cape Verde , it was the same soft penalty.Well at the end the best team won!!!!.B/faso deserve to be in the final!!…Ghana has a young team , they should keep them as well as the Coach.Up Super Eagles!!!
Oh, Ghana, you called Chipolopolo CHEAP POLIO POLIO
What do you call yourselves…may be black dust…certainly not stars.
fool. we went out unashamed unlike you low class performers.
Nawa oo Ghana cannot win a game that CAF fixed? The superpower cannot beat a weak BK? Issa wanted to Ivory Coast to go to Brazil for confd, than when Ivory coast failed, Caf talked to ref to try and force Ghana into the final and then later screw Nigeria. hahaha Ghana can’t even win a fixed game? Zambia is a fluke champion, but Ghana can’t even win a fluked game..useless
You are right man very much right. It was even luck that the black maaaambas reached the semis. heheheheheehe nice one.
So if Nigeria win this, are they going to be fluke champions? Haha your mouth. I would have scored those penalty with my eyes closed.
A team from GROUP C are this year’s winners and it will be their first time to be in the AFCON finals.
My friend go find somewhere to sleep. Ghana failed to be up there in this tournament even when referees have been on their side. The two teams that will play in the final deserve it and for your information, Nigeria will try all their best to win this cup. You Ghanaian are too boastful with nothing to show for it. Too much talk talk..
Phwaaahahaha hahahahaa!!
Its good these idiots are out coz they have been playing with a referree these kumasi idiots
Eeei Kumasi idiots paaa?? Well i hope the SE win on sunday if not they will become Kaduna Idiots
Awarded a controversial penalty ,completely outplayed in open play and u still failed to beat a ten man BURKINA FASO ….shut da fuck up!!!
Yes , good to see the Ghana people also disagree with that dumb ref. I am also suspicious about CAF’s involvement in this fiasco. That’s why , today they have nothing to say about that hooligan
Caf should find a way to sort out this messy officiating we keep seeing in this tournament. The referee is not even afraid to show all Africans watching the match live that, He clearly don’t want the burkina faso to play in the final. If that ghana’s penalty was awarded then what happen to the burkina faso’s penalty which should have be awarded.
I hear the referee was paid by Ghana football association. That was not going to happen, God is almighty. He does not tolerate such stupidity. Thank Him for the best team carried the day.
The boastful Ghanaians have beaten the dust. Pride before fall, they were happy that Nigeria took ivory coast out of the way, boasting that their greatest hurdle is gone, and that on one will stop them taking the cup to Accra. Now they can’t even beat Burkina Faso. Yeye team, upon all the helping hand of the referee they still couldn’t play. I prefer bufunny bufunny to the this pedestrian Ghanaians. Congrats to the Burkinabes, a victory well earned. We look forward to a great final on Sunday from two great teams in this tournament so far.
A bunch of idiots! Did you expect Niger or Cape Verde to beat Ghana? Hell No!
Then why were you praising the coach and the team as if they had done something amazing!!! You met your match in burkina Faso and you failed! even with all the referee’s help you still failed! Next time learn to discern and think! Ghana was NEVER challenged in this nations cup! all the teams we played were CHEAP teams!
When Nyaho Tamakloe said Burkina Faso were goin to win this AFcon, you stupid fools attacked him! now do you see? FOOOLS! YOU BEAT NIGER and CAPE VERDE and all hell should break loose? CRAP!!!! DAMN it!
Ghana has lost on penalties 2-3 to Burkina Faso.
Our performance overall was very poor indeed. I never imagined BF could even match Ghana toe to toe.
We have really embarrassed ourselves. This is not the standard we expected from Ghana. That is BF outplaying us.
Daammn what a day!! Very sad and on the other hand happy for Burkina Faso. They deserved this win. Fuck the black stars!!!!! CAF wanted Ghana to represent Africa at the confedration cup after CIV exit. The ref played his part to make sure the dream of CAF stays alive but at the end God had other plans. Only got one thing to say: A.A must go!!!!. Bring on Marcel Desailly, why? Cause the coach beat a good opponent and that’s something to worry about. Ansd this match was fixed you could see it from the beginning that the ref wanted Ghana to win.
Aaaahhh Andre and Jordan must be laughing their ass off after watching the penalty shoot out. A.A is dick!!!!!!!
God Bless Ghana
Kekekekekekeke Asamoah Gyan this, asamoah Gyan that! Well those cheaters could not even win a fixed game and you have the right to call Zambia a fluke. In the board meeting they discussed how it would be a good representation in Brazil to have a top quality African team, and then decided since Ivory Coast is out, then lets sqizzing in Ghana there. ISSA HAS TO GO. THIS IS NOT GOOD FOR AFRICAN SOCCER.
Akwesi Appiah theory has manifested. Can never win AFCON without Ayews.
Gyan is a useless striker. Atsu set him up twice or more to score but he wasted all chances. The coach is also useless for not leaving one substitution slot for the goalkeeper to be substituted. We all know Agyei is better than Dauda when it comes to penalties. After all the daylight robbery that took place we still lost. The Tunisian referee was our thirteenth player. He gave us a fake penalty, failed to give Pitroipa two clear penalties, disallowed Burkina’s goal, and showed Pitroipa a red card. I am ashamed. This cannot be Ghana. I pray Pitroipa will be cleared of this red card so he can play the final game.CAF did it in 2008 AFCON for Ghana by clearing John Mensah’s red card so he he could play the next match. Ayekoooo
Burkina Faso. S3 Onyankopon hyira wo a onipa ntumi ns3i no.
From a star to being useless. This is the Gyan u said u had the cream of Africa hahahahahaha pity me
This tells you y the coach needed to be fire becuz if u cant substitute gyan or play him off the bench as a bold move then you are a useless coach.
How can you win a tourney without a midfield? Shame unto our technical team.
Oh now its the midfield? I did not hear that when things were going right. Well Iam glad its not Asamoah Gyan in frying pan this year. My Brothers just accept that God did not allow the will of man to be done. God planned this outcome. The ref and ISSA Hayatou try everything to cheat, but that did not work. You guys just need to humble yourslves and see whats the best forward.
sorry ghana pls try again 2015
@Papadinho that is very true, I know you are annoyed right now, but Ghana has good young plays, they need you support, so encourage them and not insult them. I can understand your frastration of semi finals every tournament.
NOW IS THE TIME TO GET RID OF THE YES MAN AKWESI APPIAH. HIS TEAM SUCKS. ASAMOAH GYAN IS A TOTALLY USELESS STRIKER. IT IS TIME TO REPLACE HIM. HE WASTED 7 GOALS THAT HE COULD HAVE SCORED VERY EASILY. HE HAD TWO OPEN CVHANCES TO SCORE GOALS AND AS USUAL HIS STUPIDITY HAD THE BEST OF HIM. THIS TEAM NEEDS TO BE BLOWN UP
Stop calling out the Ayews. Burkina was just too powerful today. Gyan was useless
Ghana has quality players, so its not time to disband this team unless you guys want to let Zambia go to the World Cup easily. If Ghana makes a mistake of tempering this team, then players will be scared and they wont want to play for BS. YOU GUYS NEED TO ENCOURAGE THESE YOUNG STARS. YOU SHOULD BE HAPPY TO HAVE GONE THIS FAR, US THE “Fluke Champions” bowed out in the group states. This should go out in the history books as “FAILED FLUKE” WOW talk about cheating.
Ghana players shud hav spent more time practicing penalties than on hair cuts!!
foul mouthed dark stars followers.u guys avent even played the semis, u ppl were boasting of lifting the trophy…shame on u cos u cnt win a fixed match..shame on caf as well
Once upon a time ghana won the Africa cup of nations when 2 teams used to participate.WHERE are all the talkative fans of ghana?crying i gues,wonder what they will say hmmm i gues they will say burkina faso were lucky and they are in the finals by fluke.favourites my foot
Akwasi Appiah is a trial and error coach. this is the worse black Stars in years. How can u substitute your best penalty taker in extra time? we need to bring back muntari, Essien, Andre, Jordan and KPB. and get better Coach.
Would like to know where a person who calls himself Zambia is a toilet is right now,!!!!!!!! Pliz write we hear yo thots!!!!! Hehhheeee wasanga baleteya!!!!!!!!
Sorry Ghana fans. It happens all the time. Your loss is all the more painful because it was despite all the help that the referee gave you, such as denying BF two penalties, giving you a fake one as well as harshly sending off a BF player. The better team won it in the end. We look forward to our game with you in Kumasi!
Before Akwasi Appiah left the shores of Ghana he said he has much confident in the players he has selected and we will all see their performance. Yes! We have seen your team’s performance so far and is the worst team Ghana has ever produced in any tournament. I personally do not think you have added anything to the team being it tactically or physically. You are still learning and it will be better for you to leave Ghana alone for teams like Togo, Benin etc like what Keshi did before you dream of handling Ghana team again. You did put your trust in Asamoah Gyan and now you are reaping the results of losing your job and disgrace to your career as a coach.Ooofuuunu coach
agree, u 100%, he cant play him off the bench due the business he only knw between him and gyna. I watch one of their practice videos and this dude is sitting there like a coach and not practicing, why??, he is lazy and UAE soccer has made him the laziest player on the team, he even said clottey was the laziest?lol. Captain band should be taken from him and become a bench warmer.
how did UAE soccer made him the laziest? if you see asamoah gyan train with alain you will beg to differ, they train 2 times a day, morning and noon and i have seen asamoah train with alain, he is the most enthusiastic player on the pitch, i have several explanation to this…
1.he just not has the spirit for ghana like he use to do since they encouraged him to come back.
2.he had enough of people accusing him of his team’s performance and finally gave up.
3.he did not have enough chemistry with the young team of player’s
4.the high pressure on him as captain of ghana from ghanian supporters.
Thank You
@Zambia Soccernman……..
How are you my brother? I was angry after the game but now happy for Burkina Faso. One thing that’s really hurting me is that CAF tried to push Ghana in the finals. What’s going on in Africa. Daamn Africa is the most corrupted continent in the world!!!!!! Just one action need to be taken at this point. Just sack the coach cause he can’t read games and make the right subs. Ayew brother..my apologies for the insult. Ghana is just a shit hole with a dick in it. Gyan must dropped and rip the captain band from him and give it to A. Ayew!!! How can a striker miss more that 7 chances in match daaammn. Gyan should see this as his last tournament for ghana cause the next coach (Desailly) will drop him big time!!!!!! Menn I’m mad at CAF for tying to steal fro Burkina Faso. Fifa should step in this case and fined Ghana or CAF.
God bless Ghana, Nigeria and Zambia
Just shut up idiot!!
Here comes the inhuman creature popularly known as Mr.Ghanaman! Its a specialist in foul smelling insults and giving nonobjective statements . Can you all rise to welcome him in a most annoying and demeaning way ..
GHMAN, GYIMIFUO. ALL U EVER CONTRIBUTE ON THIS FORUM IS “JUST SHUT UP, IDIOT!”…KWASIA…
African can be a corrupt continent, but are not one of many that mande it happen, ask urself. No one is different since you said africa and worry about the continent.
All I can say is we are luck Alaine Traore is injured if not it would have been worse, the team lacked quality, leadership and inspiration. U can be united all u want that alone cannot win you the tournament. Gyan is ass and needs to be dropped right away so the likes of Waris and Jordan can ascend onto the throne. How is he able to command a starting place and also play 90 minutes is perplexing. It was an error in judgment to drop both Ayews, Jordan had gained some experience and it would have been wise to take him so he can build upon it. Waris is a good finisher but he wasn’t taken. The coach too Boakye Yiadom and didn’t even give him an opportunity. This is a big shame the ref tried his best to help us and it was embarrassing I’ll rather take the loss and at least keep some dignity that win with the help of the ref. The coach and team have finally been exposed as being mediocre it only so long u can ride your luck
Were is zambia is a shit hole.well since 1982 u lossers have never won anything.actually the tornerment u won can be even be called AFCON.u won a west africa 8 team playouts tornerment.if ur giants were is the cup?were is the cup?the only success was the under 20 tornerment u won with OVERAGE players lossers.and for the bribed ref he should be chased 2
The ref was clearly on ganas side but bf was too strong for gana…proud gananians were are u now..giant me that small team that…now eat da bread of sorrow.
@sade lol!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
With such match officiating this tournament has already gone down as the worst in history.surely even a die hard ghana fan can see the BS didnt deserve to win but the corrupt ref tried all the tricks.awarding a debatable penalty,disallowing a genuine goal and red carding BK best player.and all that the blackeout stars cudnt win.Shame giants without trophies since 82 an COUNTING.u guys should eat a humble pie.but atleast the AFCON is going to west africa as u claimed u wanted a few days ago.n am pretty sure ghana does not feel like west africa any more.
Did you see their equaliser? How did they win the ball for that goal.
Where is Zambia is our toilet hole…do u still need some mote hankies cos the ones u have r soaking wet.
Football is a game and you need the “THE WINNING MENTALITY” in addition to skills. The Coaches must now revise their notes to know that captainship does not dependent on seniority.
Mourinho and C- Ronaldo are thought to be arrogant. But those guys just dont just give up. Their defeat turns on the anger in them. THIS IS WHAT WE NEED IN ADDITION TO OUR SKILLS.
It’s called karma!!!!! Some ghanains where to hash on the last years champions the mighty chipolopolo so many insults!!!!!!! I bet some dont even want to ever kam on their site!!!!! Hard luck!!!as fo madman gay his crazy!!!
Burkina Faso would be a better representative for Africa at the Confederations Cup……….
Still cannot understand why the ayews were left out of this team.Kwasi do u have scores to settle with these boys? Adoma, asante, clottey cannot match these boys in all department of the game.honestly u are also tactically inept, u were not able to change the direction or phase of any of our games agaist cape verde, DRC, Burkina. Next time dont be just a coach but a manager of players.
Ghana and caf is a disgrace to africa.imagine the tunisian ref robbing bf in day light.am ashamed
WE NEED HUNGER! HUNGER!! HUNGER!!! IN OUR GAMES.
WHAT HAPPENED TO OUR FIRE POWER?
I HATE THIS DEFENSIVE APPROACH TO OUR GAMES. TEAMS LIKE REAL MADRID CAN PLAY DEFENSIVE AND HIT YOU ON THE COUNTER COS THEIR ATTACK IS SHARP. BUT HOW CAN YOU PLAY COUNTER WHEN THE LONE PRONG ATTACK IS NOT SHARP. THAT CHANCE GYAN HAD IN THE FIRST HALF, HE SHOULD HAVE DUMMIED THE GK AND BURIED THE BALL COOLY INTO THE NET.
THE TAG ” FAVOURITES” IS A VIRUS. ANY TEAM THAT WANTS TO WIN GAMES SHOULD KILL THAT VIRUS,OTHERWISE FORGET.
OMG zambian invasion. Oh how can we lose to Bukina faso?? we have yiadom, yet this idiot decides to use only one striker. oh well, next time we shouldnt set our sight so high.
this is worse tournament for Ghana with a Black coach.the team couldn’t possess ball in the midfield. the midfielders lack confidence, the team failed to play good football since day one of the tournament.
last year’s play was better with a white coach. coach K.A is worse-of. Ghanaians complained abt k.asamoah playin @ 3 ,whilst we needed him up front to unlock defense.he repeated the same old trick in today’s game and it back fired. he should be sacked ,he cannot take us to the world cup. he is a disgrace to Ghana football! this was not the black star with a solid midfield we know of. i rest my case.
God of Ayews have spoken.They were axed out of hatred and jealousy.Today it has paid off.God almighty has spoken on the political team we took to the nations cup.Next time will luv to appreciate efforts rather than jealousy.
Sorry Ghana…. Keep on trying bt not in that way(using the ref).
Bance is bad news… I have nicknamed him…. Ghanaz nightmare
32 years= No Africa Cup! Ugliest 2013 AFCON Goal Keeper=Ghanaian!2013 AFCON Team that had 13 players in the Semi-Finals=Ghana!Team that was awarded a dubious penalty kick in 2013 AFCON Semi-Finals=Ghana!Most corrupted football body=CAF!Team that failed to win even with the Referee having been on their side=Ghana!Prophets of doom=Soccer Analysts!The man to be retired on public interest and for the advancement of African football=Issa Hayatu!2013 Afcon Spoilers=Some Referees!Over-rated football teams in Africa=Ghana and Senegal.Fifa ranking of teams=Flawed and unrealistic!Worst 2013 stadium=Mbombela!Way forward=Dissolution of Caf for their overt habit of favoring their prefered teams over the so-called “Under-dogs!”The most talkative online football fans=Zambians and Ghanaian! In conclusion,in spite of the Tunisian referee being Ghanas thirteenth player,the best team carried the day.
Mali would also beat BS to crown their shame!Have we gone forwards or backwards??? Plavi was sacked for not reaching the finals! At least he had an excuse that there was backbiting among the players and some depended on juju and quarreled among themselves! What would be AA’s excuse? Anyway better luck nexttime. The players are still young and we have a large reserve of players who are very good!!! Egos and past scores should be left out nexttime around!!! We now have to concentrate on the WC qualis , but with all the best we have!!!
I think there are some positive facts.
1. Mubarak Wakaso was great. Good addition.
2. Atsu was the only one, who tried to do something special.
3. We all now saw, that Gyan is wasted. We don’t have any alternatives cause Appiah don’t care about j.Ayew.
Fucked up !
CLOTTEY IS THE BEST STRIKER EVER THAT IS WHY HE SIGNED KWESI APPIAH’S DISMISSAL LETTER WITH A MISSED PENALTY
shut up idiot!!
I am not bitter that Ghana lost but that the Referee was out of this world. If CAF will not do anything about his officiating, I better quit supporting Africa’s beautiful game. Shame on Hayatou whatever you are called.
Ghana was outplayed, the Referree should have continued favouring them for the Dollars he was paid. Ghana has no team to boast about. Just go home and bring back the sons of Abedi
In 2012, Ghana was beaten by Keita’s team in the third and forth play offs. History will repeat itself.
Group C will definately win the cape. This tells that Zambia would have won the cup again but since they played a useless game plan of not scoring, they are realising their errors late
Congratulations to Burkina Faso and commiserations to CAF, for this hideous officiating! I’m a Black Stars fan and for nothing in this world i’d want this team to be stigmatised by such a disgraceful and abominable refereeing. Burkina Faso has completely outplayed Ghana today and i won’t say it was much to my surprise. Having watched most of their matches, on this dreadful pitch, i had come to the conclusion that this team is really good. In matters of technical dexterity, the whole Burkinabe team is on a far higher level than the Ghanaian team. Only Atsu is up there, at the same level. It was obvious since day one, that the semis were the limit for the BS. How can you expect more, from a team that had decided to finish a whole tournament with a sole side back(Afful), who was not even playing in his normal position, but on the opposite flank? Yes, he is a good and positive footballer, Afful, but you can’t over stretch him, to cover everyone else’s flaws! On the other flank, we saw a veteran, who even during his heyday, was used as a central defender, due to poor creative skills(Paintsil). On the other hand, you brought in 6(!) central defenders, to only use 2 of them! Something ain’t add up here. And of course, we saw during the whole tournament, Vorsah, a man so weak with the ball on his feet, being used a la Pique(lol), giving the first ball and organising the game from the back. You didn’t pay for it the first time, when Diabate dragged him out of the 18 yard box and stole him the ball, because he(Vorsah) lost his orientation and tried to dribble him facing Dauda’s post(!). You didn’t pay it the second time, because the Cape Verdians didn’t dispose of a game from the flanks nor a versatile striker. You paid it the third time. Jamais deux sans trois, as the French say! Ok, Ghana suffered a major blow right before the tournament, with Annan’s injury. Still, they had to galvanise the midfield axis with three men. Instead, they squeezed both Rabiu and Badu, by constantly using them. They were called to play the most crucial match out of breath. When you have teams like DRC, who has the ability to penetrate your defenses by bringing a great number of men on the axis, or Burkina, that stretches their game to the width of the pitch, you need to build a srong line in front of your defense. Especially given the fact that KASA never rose to the occasion and never assisted the two central midfielders. Other than that, you can’t expect to win such a crucial game, against such a good team, with players like Asante. These players luck both dribbling skills and physicality to bring a defence out of balance. Ghana got lucky yet for one more time, cos one more time, they were in front, thanks to a dubious penalty. They created almost all their chances after that, cos BF had to attack and by consequent, they were exposed at the back. When they got the equalizer, they were very clever to give away possession, cos they knew that Ghana, with only one creative player(Atsu), couldn’t present much of a threat. Anyway, this match is history now but it has to be an example for all those that designate the fate of the ghanaian football, to take the right decisions. It’s the future that is at stake now. And times are crucial! Ghanaian football has suffered the last decades in some crucial areas. Ghana wasn’t used to produce many creative players, throughout the years, players with technical qualities and skills. At least, not in the scale of Nigeria and the francophone countries, with their back up of french academies, where technical attributes come first. But ghanaian football had other qualities. Ghana was a factory that produced many good midfielders. But that wasn’t enough of course. All started to change when a certain Michael Essien emerged to the scene. Thanks to Essien, Ghana started to build once more a winning mentality. It was the first piece of the puzzle. Essien was the best soldier, a beast of physical strength, stamina, pace and the ability to read the game in a perfect way. Then came the class of 09, with the Badus, the Inkoom, the Addys and above all, with Andre Ayew. Ayew was the turning point, because not only he was a technically flawless winger, but he also had all the qualities of a leader inside the pitch. It is obvious to me that the next day of ghanaian football, should and must be oriented towards this man. He is the most crucial and central piece of the puzzle. Because, you see, now you also have Atsu. But Atsu alone in a BS team is not enough. Not for the moment. He needs a spine to rely his natural talent. Not everyone is born tough enough. But when the going gets tough, when you dispose of a warrior like Dede Ayew, you also get going, thanks to him. Looks at the Ivorians. I’ve written it before, on another post. Their problem is not Drogba, or the frustration for the AFCON drought. They don’t have a die hard man, someone who will stay there and fight, no matter what. Look at Gervinio. What a lovely player to watch. Wonderful skills, which he always deploys during the group matches. But when time comes to deliver in a match with no tomorrow, he is lost, no where to be seen. Dede is not like that and by his example, he can inspire younger talents like Atsu, i’m sure about that. So, you see, the pieces of the puzzle are there to pick! It’s just that it needs skills to choose them at the right time, with the right manner. Without being egoist and selfish. The last crucial pieces for the ghanaian football? First, find a reliable keeper. In modern day football, a keeper who doesn’t know when and how to come off his line, is a no keeper. And last but not least, find a good striker, who will be focused on his football, who will not fancy big mouthed statements and who will not threaten to dismantle the peace and unity of a team, each time his ego is not satisfied. And who will be able to put this thing called football, in the back of the net. You don’t need the likes of an Etoo, Drogba, Kanoute, Emenike(i’m in awe with this man). Can you find an Aristide Bance or Emanuel Mayuka? That would be perfect! Not all is lost. But all can be continiously resettled. As long as there is will, humility, a true sense of commitment and the insatiable need to contribute to the general good, by placing your own piece in the puzzle. Then comes the success and the wisdom to appreciate it. And then, you can have a good dance, to celebrate
Bravo Sir! You’ve said it all. Thank you very much!
GILI,
APPIAH IS A TOKE COACH AND MUST GO!
WE HAVE ALL THE INGREDIENTS TO WIN THE CUP. THE PROBLEM IS WITH THE GENERAL GIVING THE COMMAND AND INSTRUCTIONS. LOOK, WHEN U HAVE A COMMANDER IN CHIEF WHO DOESNT KNOW OR BELIEVE IN HIS TACTICS. ALL HELL BREAKS LOOSE AND THIS IS WHAT HAPPENEND TO GH. WE HAVE YIADOM WHO TO ME IS A CLINICAL FINISHER BETTER THAN GYAN OR CLOTTEY. HE HAS HEIGHT, BUT WHERE WAS HE? DAUDA WASNT THE PROBLEM. TIME AND TIUME AGAIN IN THIS TOURNEY, HE BAILED GH OUT. BY FAR THE BEST GOALIE AT THIS AFCON. THE ISSUE IS WITH THE STUPID BRAINS COMING FROM THE BENCH, FROM APPIAH. MAXWELL KONADU MUST TAKE OVER. APPIAH, WO Y3 TOKE!
great comment Gimli. Infact I have said it here many times that Andre Ayew the captain of the U20 class of 2010 and the other players of that squad should be moulded again at the absolute helm of Blackstars. When a player has DRIVE like Andre Ayew, some Ghanaians mistake that for arrogance. we need to face reality.
Excellent analysis. Thank you sir. Not all those that are indulging in insulting the Ghana black stars players. It looks like you understand the game. Thats some wisdom words. It felt refreshing as Zambian to actually read some well written and thoughtful piece of article from the Ghana site. Well done sir and teach those fools that just mumble all the time, but don’t understand the game.
Word!!!Best comment i ever read on this site ever since visiting this site. Although im sad we lost,im happy that we have a bright future only if a coach will follow your analysis.
Gyan out, missed two chances to take Ghana through. Y?
Akwesi Appiah out,
Played Gyan 90 plus why?
He came off the bench to score during friendlies, why start him then in the tournament?
hy substitute the best pk player wakaso when u knw he could be utilize in the pks?
Adjei practice pks during practice and have done it twice in two different top tournaments, why not leave one spot for him to come in for the shoot outs? why substituent Rabiu if not hurt and waste the sub’s remaining?
CLottey new striker, Ayews, Yiadon, Atsu, Acquah, Frimpong all inserted over Annan, D.Boateng,
This coach killed the team with poor decisions having the right players on the bench and not using them in the right situations.
I aint no coach but my opinion, clottey should start over Gyan after all he was the top score in the caf champs lge.
Shut up u lossers not wealthy debating you.zambians dont cut it
May be european refs should start officiating afcon then afcon refs to start officiating euro cup.how is that?because caf today really wanted ghana to win,too bad for africa because today it has been proven that we are the most corrupt continent
u know why ghanaians hated zambians? Cos in the match that they were beatten, Ghana were the better side yet zambia did the scoring, much like cape verde, and most of u invaded this place to rub it in our faces. I tell u burkina fasso won’t be our rivals like zambia cos tonight, we got skuuled left ryt and centre. And people stop calling for the ayew for christ sakes cos last yr we were chocked in the semis as well ooo, and they were present on the field. It shall be well. Burkina is great. But i’m rooting for nigeria, though this afcon is quite horrible quality wise. I hope in 2015 any team who didn’t prepare very well gets embarrassed big tym and not fluke their way to the semis, like we did this yr.
kimco – I looked at the archives post Zambia-Ghana clash in 2012 and many Ghanaian comments were positive towards Zambia, there were Zambian comments which were saying Ghana was unlucky as you guys had dominated and had more chances. Then there were some Ghanaians who started calling fluke on Zambia which started the ball rolling on both sides. It is unfortunate that it has escalated to hatred. Lets move on and see you guys in Kumasi.
Burkina Faso could have one this match by at least 4 goals had their centre striker been more accurate,he had tonnes of chances but his shooting let him down .This is good for African football no more so called giants
I welcome another new champion. Burkina Faso will likely rise to the occasion and take down Nigeria. They have excellent cohesion and team spirit. It is too bad they got a bad start in their WC qualifying group.
ghana we tod u, gav u seen how bf has mesed u up dispite u paying that ref. stop bosting u dont hav a team.
Why did you kill kwame nkuruma?
Why did you started hurting zambia?
Why are you corrupt?
Why do you praise yourself?
Why do you boost too much?
Why do you have jealous?
Please i urge you start respecting other countries because we are all one and created same.
Accept defeat and go back to your drowing board.
Zambia tested the cup which was participated by 16 great african teams while others last won it when only 6 countries participated,,
May this be the start of unit please?????????????
Wel thats true that referee needs 2 b sanctuationed 4 his actions go burkina faso u guys take it GOD WILLING .And i ve noticed in particular arab officals (though others inclusive) doing this kinds of biasness , africa was the red card neccessary and the least punishment yes coz he was bias is 2 untag him or a sensable ban. This shall show equlity, quality and an example 4 those who ought or plan 2 do such in future. However a fair hearing 4 him and investigation into d matter he might have not been alone. Thanks
and you say zambia was lucky? we never worked with refs,we sweated to win bt ghana even with the help of the ref again you have failed,wat is yr excuse this time? who told you the ivorian team is the golden generation? zambia is and the winners on sunday. chipolopolo for Brazil! we never lost any game at afcon and even in southafrica we were never beaten,this shows its adifficult and tall order to beat zambia.can’t win even with help of the ref? shame black stars
How on this earth would a coach change his best penalty taker just few minutes aways from penalty? kicks
This a very poor piece of work by Ghanasoccernet because it does not give a true reflection of the game . We need more professionalism from African sports journalist ,they should be more of analysts than supporters and young generations will read from the archives and get a completely wrong picture.BF dominated the Ghanians in all departments .
I am glad that Ghana had a local Coach to take the Black Stars to the semi final of AFCON 2013. I liked a lot of what Coach Appiah did with his team selection but I am not surprised that the Black Stars lost in the semi finals. I saw Burkina Faso take out Zambia and I knew the only way Ghana could beat them is by Coach Appiah making some bold, courageous decisions but when I saw the line up today I was not so sure it could be done. Coach Appiah was making his team selection based on fear, he chose the familiar instead of the fresh and bold.
When Coach Appiah dropped Jordan from the team I knew it was a good decision because there were others that were better. When Dede was dropped I knew he was one of the best but he left the Coach no choice but to drop him. Coach Appiah had made all the right decisions until it came down to selecting the starting 11. The first couple of games his selection was suspect but he could get away with it. Then came the final game of the group stages and that is when the Coach’s fear became obvious. He was using the same tired players over and over again because he was afraid to use his bench.
Today I was expecting fresh legs like Akaminko, Kissi Boateng, Annan, Boakye, Mohammed and Mensah. Instead all we got were the same tired legs. When Paintsil went out (wish him speedy recovery) I thought for sure I was going to see Akaminko a right footed full back take his place but instead in comes Asante. Why bring on Asante when Akaminko and Adomah are still on the bench? Akaminko should have started instead of Paintsil in the first place. Adomah did not play well in the game against Cape Verde but he is a better winger that Asante, is that not why you gave him the number 10 jersey? Why play K Asamoah on the left full back when true left footed full backs are on the bench? why play the diminutive Afful and Asante when you have 6 footers on the bench that can handle the size and speed of the Stallions?
Why start Badu, Gyan, Boye, Paintsil, every minute of every game since the tournament started and still expect them to perform at their flawless best? So you see there is so much that I like about Coach Appiah but his substitution and positioning of players cost the Black Stars this tournament. It was not because Burkina Faso is such a great team or because the Black Stars were not good enough. When a talented player is left to rot on the bench and the same tired legs are left on the pitch that is a management issue. It is a Coaching deficiency which I am afraid can dramatically influence the outcome of a tournament.
My question is can the Ghana FA afford to take such a chance going into the World Cup? A Coach who has no confidence in his players and only uses a limited number of players over and over again until they start to under perform and break down (Paintsil) when the opportunity presents itself for him to rest them and bring on fresh legs he just scrambles them out of position so he can keep the same tired legs in the game. Such a Coach cannot win the finals of a tournament because his players will surely run out of gas.
If the Ghana FA decides to keep Coach Appiah then he must seriously re-consider his substitution pattern and his use of players out of position. Congratulations to the Black Stars in reaching the semi finals and I know for a fact that this team was capable of winning the trophy if they had better management. Go into the third place match on Saturday and beat Mali. Do not let them beat you again. This time will be payback for the loss at AFCON 2012. Go Black Stars!
If u watch the Zambia -Burkina Faso match u ‘ll see that Zambia viryually camped in the BF half but was just not meant to be hence the draw but Ghana was outplayed and u should thank your goal-keeper becos he was the busiest man on the pitch saving u from a possible humiliating defeat.
We always tell u Ghana stop acting boss ,now see what has happened to u in front of the whole world..u bought the Niger game,bought dis one two but God has his ways,i beg u to come back to earth and stop thinking u better dan everyone else now u see u’r in tears now after laughing at CIV dat dey got old tired legs,whose laughing last????
The budget of US$8 Mio.wasted! No cup , not even a medal what a shame!!! Case of “causing financial loss to the state”?? Suggestion; the whole delegation should donate their share of the money to the children Hospitals which lack medication and equipments and also orphanages etc to at least pacify the disappointed people of Ghana!!!
ok guys look. I still reckon James appiah is the man for the job. Like how african conciousness said he made the right chooice especially in not picking andre to show no one is bigger than the country. But with andre coming back, essien, muntari, hopefully waris and frimpong but fuck k.p.boateng we will have a by far strentghened team. listen lets take the positives from this game instead of sulkig cause true champions always rise quickly from mistakes no matter the pain and analyse their mistakes and just move on. the positives fromt thi tournament is that we have found some new core plaers for our team such as adomah, wakasso, dadau( very impressive but just needs a bit of work on decision making), rabiu mohammed, asante, atsu ( impressed me in the b.faso match even though very poor due to lack of experience against dr congo)and badu was exceptional. Also we need to learn how to maximise gyans potential i dont care aout his critics but he is a fine player with his hold up play and leading the line. and to maximise hi spotenial we need to bring our attacking midfielders much closer to gyan and link up with him cause in this afcon tournament he was deserted and jus feeding of scraps some times. with ayew coming back and waris hopefully woow lets jus say we have a future we can use essien as rb as they do in madrid but lb remains a problem for wc eventhoughhasrrison afful is alright. but opare needs to step up his game to come back as a rb
Lets pray these Corupt CAF and its officials don’t mess the upcoming W/Cup qualifiers…maybe it would be a good idea to bring in match officials from another continent…we all saw what the’re capable off.The African game has lost credibility.So he’s like give me my money i did all i could 4 u but u still couldn’t pull it off..i denied bf 2 penalties denied them a goal and even sent off their player to give u advantage but u still couldn’t win so pliz don’t blame me! did all i could for u don’t blame me.
It is true that the referee wanted Ghana to win that match at all costs. It may not be true that Ghana participated in the complicity to commit a crime. from the 1st games of this tournament it was clear an agenda had been mooted somewhere to doctor who will represent Africa at the Confed cup next year. No matter how hard some teams would try the die was already cast. Sadly for Ghana with or without thier knowledge, they could not take a match that had been decided in the boardroom. BF was just too good and too determined to win it. And they did. At the moment this Ghanaian team is lacking in depth. And if nothing is done they will not qualify for the world cup. Same goes for Ivory Coast. Continue to boast of strt players and other countries with teams will keep on whipping your rich player backsides. I hope the final will see better officiating. Hayatou has overstayed and if he cant go then all the CAF members must agree to form a new football body on the continent and leave him with his country only in CAF. The guy is a crook period. There is no more good coming out of Africa with him at the helm. With WC qualifiers next month one just wonders what instructions he will be giving to the referees. I shudder to even imagine going by what we have seen at this ear’s Afcon. What a corrupt continent. Does Hayatou come from Cameroon? Check the corruption who is on topindex and see
Ghana came to this nations cup to steal it. But all they achieved is to damage their reputation. Bad move cheats.
As Zambians we suffered insults at the hands of under achievers Ghana when we genuinely lifted the AFCON in 2012 as fluke champions, well, Ghana had the referee doing everything possible to win the game but this did not happen, shame on Ghana, shame on that fool of a referee and above all shame on this CAF president Issa Hayatuo
The worst international football officiating ever!
@Kilo, still the referee made worse decisions against Burkina Faso, you only have one incident against Burkina Faso and a million for Ghana.
You chaps were busy insulting and poking fun at us. Now you have your answer. We meet again in the world cup qualifiers where we shall deal with you. Meantime the long wait for another AFCON continues. You chaps must realise that soccer is played on the pitch and not being loud mouthed and pompous.
Ghana Ghana Ghana! Even ball position were outdone, Don’t even talk about the pitch because you rubbished us when we raised that concern. Just leak your wounds and or else Mali will hummer you too.
ZAMBIANS SUPPORTED ‘BANCE’ stop hurting Zambia if you want our support in future. VIVA GROUP C.
Why did you kill kwame nkuruma?
Why are you corrupt?
Why do you hurt zambia?
Why do you have jealous?
Why do you boast too much?
God hates the pride and lifts the humble
To save face Ghana government and d FA should have a joint statement that they condemn d ref’s decisions that looks like help to ghana. Ghana has lost face worldwide.
Agyemang badu is always favoured by de coach ahead of other players,y?
Ghana failed to play thethey must learn from Zambia how to shoot penalties. When Zambia goes to brazil Ghana must support Chipolopolo. LOL
And Ghana wept. Ghana and Ivory Coast are too talkative for nothing, they’ll keep on smelling the Cup but not wining it.
As from midnight.Ghana footbaLL team will no longer be called BLACK STARS…they shall be called FUFU STARS.
IF YOU WANT TO HIDE ANYTHING FROM GHANA, PUT IT IN A TROPHY….GHANA IS OVERATED, JUST WAIT FOR CHIPOLOPOLO TO COME AND INFLICT MORE PAIN IN KUMASI. YOU ARE ONLY SOCCER GIANTS IN YOUR OWN IMAGINATION
lol…not only Ghana but Ivory Coast too!!!
My freinds lets give ghana a break. Right now Ghana is hurting. I personally feel for the players because I think they are nice kids. We zambians we are not any better, so we should focus on our own to get better and poke fun at Ghana and Ivory Coast.
Its good Ghana lost. I said it yesterday. Good for Zambia because now they will fire the coach and a lot of players will want not to play for Ghana again, which makes it easy for Zambia to go to Brazil. Ghana is just overated. They peaked in 2010 and that was it. Also shows that Zambia is not bad, they did not lose in group C and the teams are in final. While I want Bfaso to win (slap in the face of CAF. I think Nigeria will get it, they have been superb.
AS A ZAMBIAN ITS BETTER NOT GHANA. GHANA BELONGS TO THE REPEAT 3 AND 4 TH PLAY OFF. NOW YOU BELIEVE THAT HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF. THATS HOW WE REPEATEDLY BEAT GHANA. NOW WAIT. EVEN THE LITTLE SHALL BE TAKEN AWAY FOR YOUR POMPOSITY. NO WORLD CUP. YOU CANT WIN WITH YOUR BLOGGERS WITH INSULTING NAMES FOR THE GOD CHOSEN NATION.
YOUR OWN PROFESSOR TOLD YOU. ITS GROUP C AGAINST GROUP C.THE REAL GROUP OF DEATH. NOT YOUR OVERATINGS.
YOUR OWN PROFESSOR TOLD YOU. ITS GROUP C AGAINST GROUP C.THE REAL GROUP OF DEATH. NOT YOUR OVERATINGS.
http://www.ghanasoccernet.com/ghanaian-professors-predicts-ghana-afcon-doom/
Ha ha ha ha. U called us cheap polio polio bt 2day we call u blank idiots. Were is you so called mighty Ghana.
YES,YOU BOASTFUL GHANAIANS WE HAVE AT LAST TAKING CARE OF YOU.I READ WITH SORROW AS YOU POURED INSULTS AT LAST YEAR CHAMPIONS ZAMBIA.YOU BIG HEADEDNESS HAS BROUGHT YOU CRASHING TO THE GROUND.RESPECT FELLOW AFRICAN CAN BROTHERA
I wonder why Ghanians are saying they feel Bad they lost, I thought they are used to playing third and fourth by now
My sister, I wonder..oooo. Since 1982 they’ve been 3rd and 4th…God lifts the humble
Sorry Ghana, but lets be honest, the better team carried the day yesterday. I enjoyed the 2hrs of football though was disgusted by the refereeing. The penalty, the disallowed goal, the should-have been a penalty, the red card, and many other instances. I felt ashamed that I had proclaimed support for Ghana and had to switch allegiance. But before you lose focus, remember Sudan next month. You cant afford to drop even half a point.
But Nigeria are showing us how great teams behave, straight from failing to qualify into the finals. SUPER EAGLES indeed. I hope Zambia can show that greatness. Looking forward to a great game on sunday.
GHANA,GHANA,GHANA,GHANA! CRY MY BELOVED COUNTRY,CRY!CRY FOR ME LIKE RIVER NILE.
YOU LIFTED YOURSELVES AFLOAT THROUGH YOUR BOASTFUL WAYS,YOU INSULTED GOD ‘S ANOINTED TEAM CHIPOLOPOLO.
NOW GOD HAS SMITTEN YOUR DOWN TO ZERO.SO CRY GHANA,CRY!
Too Bad for Ghana, I honestly thought they were Better than that…But to attempt to win a game throuht desperate methods and downright cheating is just disgusting. Ghanian players , like their bloggers have a very big ego that is backed by nothing if you really face them. Its Nigeria Vs Burkina Faso, and may the best team win.
So, Ghana you should demand a full refund from the ref..how much did you pay him by the way..ha ha ha ha ..Soccer giants my foot!
ONLY THE HUMBLE SUCCEED !
Zambia out played bk bt a 12 man Ghana was out played by 10 man bk. And who told Ghana that u a power in African soccer. Here in zambia we dnt see u that way. U ar a team we owez beat. U ar a small team nothing more.
I don’t know why Ghanians think their team is quality. STUPID GHANAIANS apart from a few like GH FUO, THINK BIG who are objective and want their team to progress.Look at how they were outplayed by Cape verde. Had it not been for that penalty, one wonders what would have happened. Ghana was also in the easiest of groups which also meant easy passage to the knockout phase.You did not only lose but were outplayed by a 10 man BF despite the ref being on your side. Do you know the FIFA ranking of BF? That team which played in the last afcon was better. Your coach is an idiot. He substitutes a best penalty taker in extra time. What an overrated team
Yeah neh….It hurst doesn’t it..Gave Zambia alot of stick, called us fluke champions, insulted us…well, the truth is, it takes a team with Character to win the AFCON in its present format. Ghana simply do not have the character to win the AFCON, you rely on Gyan too much, his a liability and even when he missed so many clear chances he was kept on the pitch.
The writer of this article has been kind to Ghana as usual, Ghana was outplayed from the onset and BF dominated play, Your defenders couldn’t handle Bance and Pitroipa.
The Ref got it wrong on the Ghana Penalty, shamelessly denied BF a clear goal and penalty and amazingly sent out Pitroipa despite being clearly tripped, and yet the writer has the audacity of saying “Pitroipa was duly red carded for simulation”…How pathetic is that…
You need to come down and face reality, you just not good enough to win the trophy…you pretenders
don’t understand why mubarak our number one penalty taker was taken off in injury time, he more than likely would have put away a penalty, and why does the manager make a subsitution 2 minutes into the second half?
Marcel Desailly end off
Shut up you just lost. Even with your Mubarak you would have lost. You lost with the ref on your side and what guarantee is there that things would ve changed with mubarak? Childish, just lick your wounds.
Hello Accra, hello Kumasi, this is Lusaka calling!! Hello 1,2 1,2, are you there Accra, Kumasi?? With due respect, dont disband your team if you want to remain with some quality during the WC qualifiers. Do not kick your players while they are lying low. Your players need a lot of suppport. So the last time you won the cup was only 30years ago! Well Zambian children of 3yrs old can still sing the euphoric Chipolopolo anthems. Dont finish your saliva as you leak your wounds, dark stars!! You will need that saliva ay you play for bronze. For a change, try putting on black jerseys. how can you be Black stars, when you always put on white?
Zambianosis please don’t be like that. Your friends are in mourning. It’s no time to rub salt in the wound. Am sure they have learnt that it pays to be humble. Even Sammy Kufour learnt the hard way on SS. Soccer!!
Ooooh, BaGhana, BaGhana!. You full of Mouth, you full of Lalaland!!.
“Where is the CUP now??????????????.Lolo,Lolo,Loool. You got what you deserve.
Fool to Bloodclaat!, We all saw and witnessed how you played with a 12th player on pitch. The “ref”. I wonder how much you payed him??.
Still with the REF on your team Jersey but Burkina Boys Still Beat the hell out of your low performers underdogs semi-finalist as always!!.Lool.
Scientific Name for Black Stars is, Ghanacious Semifinalisis.
REMINDER: PLEASE READ!!!!!!!
Controversial ex-Ghana FA chief Dr. Nyaho Nyaho-Tamakloe says Burkina Faso will win the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations insisting the Black Stars have no chance of annexing the trophy.
Dr. Tamakloe is tipping the Stallions to surprise connoisseurs placing only the Ivory Coast as potential spoilers of the Burkinabe party.
He ruled Ghana out of contention for the trophy, insisting that the Black Stars lack the quality possessed by other contenders at the 29th mega showpiece of African football.
“I don’t think we can win this tournament and I’m being honest with you. We still have problems with our strikers, serious problems”, Nyaho told the 90 MINUTES newspaper.
“We have to come back and do a better work. Look at the type of game Burkina Faso played (against Ethiopia) and you think Ghana can face them?”, he queried.
“Burkina Faso and Ivory Coast can easily take this cup because the set of players they have play aggressive football, are experienced and they have stamina.
He explained: “Realistically, football on the continent has changed and there is little to choose between the teams.
“Countries who a few years back wouldn’t have even been mentioned are playing great football. Look at Ethiopia, look at Burkina Faso, look at Mali and Niger, look at the football DR Congo played against us.”
“The quality of play has been high and we have youthful players but have they got the experience, the skill? We have to look at our strikers, Ghana doesn’t have strikers like Gervinho, Drogba or Yaya Toure.
“I insist on young players but they must be quality players. We don’t have quality players so I think we’ll be returning home soon,” he fired.
Lazy black starlet can’t even play for 120mins wit b/faso n u cal us super chicken. Ghana will always under achieve. Come n watch the great super eagles dismantle b/faso
looking forward to our match with mali.
You loosers laughing at one who progresses farther than you. lol
trying so hard to be our playmates. mediocre.
Ghana BLACKSTARS going to compete for 3rd place again is not a disaster but rather a dissapointment to us.
GBSTAR always above the rest.
Afcon 2008- kicked asses to 3rd place
Afcon 2010- kicked assess to 2nd place
Afcon 2012- kicked assess to 3rd place play off
Afcon 2013- kicked assess to 3rd /4th place play off
who is more consistent this aint no fluke
Hey Guy , Why didn’t Gyan take a penalty..was SHE scared
People , lets not insult each other. We are all sons of Africa. When all is said and done, Ghana is still a good side. I think the technical bench could not just read the game .You don’t remove good penalty takers when you know you are heading for penalties and the midfield needed fixing
With all due respect, although I felt that Gyan’s play at Afcon was below subpar, I think he is still grieving. Having said that, Coach Appiah may have felt he was doing Gyan a favor by keeping him as a starter as to not dampen his spirits. At the same time, he should have been a sub, with either Clottey and/or playing upfront. It was a very delicate situation. Moving forward, Coach Appiah
l should not be fired as I am sure he will learn a great deal from his experiences at Afcon. This defeat will only make him stronger
and more determined than ever to prove himself. Ghanaians are resilient like that. As for the whole Ayew situation, the coach had no choice but to drop Dede. Dede if u really love the BS you have to learn to work with the team. Their is nothing wrong with being headstrong but you must use it in a way as to not divide the team. Learn from your dad’s mistakes. There are always conflict in teams; Shaq/Kobe Lakers, Garnett/Rondo Celtics, Kobe/Phil Jackson, but they still managed to succeed because they never lost sight of their purpose and that was to win it all. Although, I think Ghana had the players to win it all Appiah made some subject decisions.That’s in the past. The future looks brighter though as the pool of talent becomes greater with the likes of essien, muntari, quincy, dede, frimpong
warris, etc. The coach must learn to leave his emotions out of the game and to base his decisions on what is best for the team. That alone will get Ghana going places.
Funny I am not dissapointed in the Black Stars and people saying Burkino Faso dominated?Personally I think it was an evenly matched game.Apart from the poor refereering that most Zambian fans are going on about please lets not forget the lovely penalty you where given when playing Nigeria in the group stages and lastly the only thing that let Ghana down last night and all fans should admit was Asamoah Gyan,with all his opportunities the least he could have done was put one away.Alas it wasn’t meant so bring on Afcon 2015 and also for the record, people please dont forget that Burkino Faso was Nigeria’s toughest game in the Afcon and so good luck to the eagles and the Stallions,I have my final tickets ready and as a neutral please treat me to an entertaining West African derby.Funny the advantage of being a neutral no stress……Black Stars For Life…
Lets call a spade a spade, there are more questions than answers.We were technically bankrupt in this match against B.Fasso.How come they shifted our best midfielder to play at the no. 3 position to defend. It means we reduced our strength upfront to defend what? Meanwhile you have not banged any goals to protect it. In the first place, this experiment against Congo Dr failed and why do you want to repeat it again at this crucial time? What’s more? Why did they select the other defenders to the tournament and they can not be fielded? What happened to Kissi Boateng, Jonathan Mensah and Akaminko? How come they allowed Gyan to stay on even though he was under performing in this match? In other words BS were already playing 10 against 11 so when B.Fasso player was sent off there were no effects at all. How come when the B.Fasso player was sent off and fatigue set in they could not bring Adomah? At that time all that you they need is speed. Somebody who can ran and take them on like Adomah and it would have been a good omen for the BS. How come they did not bring Clottey to replace Gyan but rather Wakaso the penalty expert. Wakaso could have scored his penalty kick but only to allow Clottey to come and throw it away just like that..How come professional players can not take penalty kicks. It reveals that there are deficiencies in the BS set pieces which needs to be rectified. How come Annan, one of our best midfielders could not be introduced in this game? Who knows.. probably he could have solved our midfield problems. Even though Rabiu tried his best to me he was a foul specialist and Annan should have taken over from him. It reveals that Coach Appiah did not read the game properly to make the right changes at the right time. It is like putting square pegs in a round hole. Coach Appiah needs not to be mechanical but must be flexible at times. In other words if he likes you that is it. It looks like he likes Gyan or Rabiu even though they were struggling he still maintains them. What happened to Goal keeper Adjei our penalty saver expert? Anyway, the harm has already been done and we need to put our acts together so we can move forward. I would like to encourage coach Appiah that when they come back home he should revamp the team, invite all our stars who did not make trip and unite them ahead of the world cup qualifying series.
It wil b a shame 4 Ghana 2 go 2 world cup nxt year. They r so useless. Lets send them 2 dancing world cup… Oh i 4got, there is no ref buying in dancing competition.
personally i dont think this team is bad but there were some few errors the coach made,the idea of sending kwadwo asamoah to the left full back limited our ability to create chances leaving asamoah gyan with no help and that is why i want to find out why samuel incoom who can play both at left and right back and sometimes in midfield was dropped.i would also like to find out the reason for the substitution of wakaso our best penalty taker when the game was nearing penalty kicks.i would also want to find out why a half fit anthony annan was sent to the tournament but dede ayew was dropped.am very dissapointed in akwesi appiah bcos being an assistant coach for so long i expected much more from him.
u guys should google: the fix ghana vs brazil. a very interesting read about match fixing.
My Zambians countrymen, lets not make fun of Ghana. Ghana has talent, Ghana has been consistent lately, they just lack that final touch. Now in the past we have received a lot of insults not from all good Ghana people, but from some low class ignorant few people. So my appeal to you all Zambians is that we show respect to the ghana people and quit being mouthy as that is not the Zambian way of self representation. This is not our place to talk trash..atleast if your parents raised you like mine did. Respect others as you’d want them to respect you too. Yes it was hurting for the whole Zambians to be called names here, but we move on and what is happening to Ghana football is ghana’s problem, we Zambians we should worry about our own mediocrisy and quit acting like we are any better. Just an advice. As a matter of fact I can see Ghana getting angry and destroying us in the qualifiers..lets just wait and see.
Couldnt have said better. If you really trash Ghana, do so on your Zambianfootball not here. Give them time to analyse their mistakes. Ghana is a great team and I certainly know that we have not seen the last of them. Remember, like the Ghana oof today, Zambia where the nearly-team of the 1990s. Nearly qualified to he world cup on 3 occassions, seen as favourites to lift the AFCON on 3 occassions. But we achieved nothing. We never lost hope even when our team was consistently being kicked out in the first round for 5 AFCON tournaments, we kept faith in the Chipolopolo.
Now you want to tell Ghana that they are useless? Remember, Nigeria did not even qualify to Gabon/Guinea, but look where they are now. Ghana is great and I know they will still be very visible in African football.
My Zambia brothers, please, you have said enough, lets move on.
Well said, my brother. Let’s not be like insulting Ghanaian fans, but rather, let’s show them that we are different. Let’s not sow seeds of revenge because next time it might be us. We Africans are known to be brothers, and i still remember how passionately we Zambians supported Ghana at world cup 2010 such that we have found it hard to like Suarez up to now for denying Ghana a semi-final berth with a deliberate handball. This is what Africa is all about. Hard luck Ghana, wish you well next time.
CHIPOLOPOLO FAN.
Ghana is a good team. That’s y they will owez b on th 4th place.