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Football fans in Kumasi express mixed reactions
after Stars’ victory.
Kumasi, Nov.22, Ghanadot/GNA – A number
of football fans in the Kumasi Metropolis have expressed
mixed reactions following the Black Star’s 4-2 victory over
the Squirrels of Benin in the final match of the Zenith Four
Nation tournament which ended at the Ohene Djan Sports
Stadium in Accra on Wednesday.
Whilst a section of the fans took a swipe at the Ghanaian
players for been lackadaisical towards the match, some of
them praised the team for the good job they did in lifting
the trophy at stake.
The tournament which involved Ghana, Benin, Togo, and United
Arab Emirates (UAE) formed part of preparations by the Black
Stars towards next year’s Ghana 2008 MTN African Cup of
Nations (CAN) competition.
Speaking to GNA sports in Kumasi after the final match, Mr.
Albert Annan, a banker at the Kumasi main branch of the
Ghana Commercial Bank (GCB), said in spite of the Stars’
victory there was more room for improvement.
He advised the players to shun complacency, indiscipline and
disrespect for football rules, especially on the field of
play since any negative attitudes could cost the nation in
the CAN competition.
Touching on Wednesday’s match, Mr. Annan bemoaned the bad
attitude and disrespect exhibited by some of the players,
stressing that this could have attracted the fury of the
referee to the disadvantage of the Ghanaian team.
The banker cautioned the players to step-up their training
and be determined to win next year’s competition, since they
would be pitching their strength against some of the
powerful football countries in Africa.
Mr. Alfred Cudjoe, a Sports Analyst commended the Stars for
lifting the trophy at stake at the just ended tournament and
said the feat chalked was crucial in boosting the morale of
the Ghanaian team ahead of next year’s competition.
“I think the Stars are in a better position to lift their
fifth CAN Cup if they prepare well and abide by the
instructions of the technical team,” he told the GNA Sports.
Miss Grace Beauty Ade, a final year Building Technology
student of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and
Technology (KNUST), advised the technical team to extend
their invitation to other locally based Ghanaian players to
boost the strength of the team.
Randy Osei-Owusu, a staunch supporter of the senior national
team cautioned Ghanaians against unnecessary criticisms of
the team adding that it behoved on the supporters to rally
solidly behind the team, even in times of difficulty to
enable the Stars succeed in the competition.
GNA
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