GFA APOLOGISES TO GHANAIANS AFTER BLACK STARS DISGRACEFUL FAILURE TO QUALIFY FOR THE AFCON, OTHER DECISIONS TAKEN

The Ghana Football Association at long last has apologised to Ghanaians for supervising the Black Stars failure to qualify for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations tournament after 20 years.

The Niger football team, inflicted a painful 2-1 defeat to Ghana on November 18, 2024 at the Accra Sports Stadium after the Black Stars had failed to win a single game for the first time in Ghana’s Afcon qualification history.

The shambolic and disgraceful performance of the Black Stars, has led to many football followers to call for the head of GFA president Kurt Okraku and coach Otto Addo for seeing to this unforgettable pain of millions of football fans.

However, after an Executive Council meeting on Wednesday November 20, 2024, the Ghana Football Association, released a press statement today, to expresse it’s sincerest apologies to the people of Ghana for the abysmal performance of the Black Stars that led to their inability to qualify to next year’s AFCON in Morocco.

The release read, “The Ghana Football Association (GFA) wishes to express its sincerest apologies to the good people of Ghana for the Black Stars’ inability to qualify for the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) 2025.

We understand the disappointment and frustration this failure has caused, and we share in the pain and sadness of our beloved fans. We acknowledge that the team’s performance did not meet the high expectations of the nation, and for that, we are truly sorry.

We would like to take this opportunity to express our heartfelt gratitude to our loyal football fans for their unwavering support and encouragement throughout the qualifying campaign. Your passion and dedication are what drive us to strive for excellence.

Going forward, the Executive Council, at its meeting of Wednesday, 20th November, 2024, took the following key decisions:

1. Immediate dissolution of the Management Committee of the senior national football team, the Black Stars. In doing so, we sincerely thank the members of the Committee for their service to Ghana Football over the years.

2. The Executive Council will meet the Head Coach of the Black Stars, Mr. Otto Addo, on the 27th of November, 2024, to discuss his Technical report on the just ended AFCON qualifiers and the overall performance of the Technical team since assuming duty earlier this year”.

Meanwhile, this and other decisions including a Ghana Football Retreat, were taken at the Executive Council meeting yesterday as some of the future measures that can bring Ghana football to its former glory days which has currently hit a rock bottom.

Kyei Manu

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