{"id":55526,"date":"2014-10-11T17:24:13","date_gmt":"2014-10-11T17:24:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=55526"},"modified":"2014-10-11T17:28:12","modified_gmt":"2014-10-11T17:28:12","slug":"kwesi-appiah-hopeful-of-ghana-win-in-guinea-clash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=55526","title":{"rendered":"Kwesi Appiah hopeful of Ghana win in Guinea clash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former Black stars coach, Kwesi Appiah, has backed caretaker boss, Maxwell Konadu, to guide the team to victory in the Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Guinea\u00a0in Morocco on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Kwesi Appiah,\u00a0 who was in charge of two of the qualifiers before <span style=\"color: #666699;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2014\/09\/12\/gfa-confirms-kwesi-appiahs-exit\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong>his contract was terminated<\/strong> <\/span><\/a><\/span>believes Konadu,\u00a0will lead the Stars to victory over their West African side.<\/p>\n<p>[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;yMQrP9CaL3esejXkpVyqJz8w3VzLkwZc&#8221;]\u201cIt is a game for all Ghanaians and the national team belongs to all of us so I will wish my assistant Maxwell Konadu the best of luck and I believe he is capable of doing it,\u201d he\u00a0told Angel FM in Kumasi.<\/p>\n<p>The match will be played in Morocco after CAF placed a ban on matches in Guinea following the outbreak of Ebola in the country.<\/p>\n<p>The Black Stars have taken 4 points out of 6 and are joint top of their group\u00a0following a <a href=\"http:\/\/sport.citifmonline.com\/2014\/09\/06\/ghana-held-by-uganda-at-home-in-afcon-2015-qualifier\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><span style=\"color: #666699;\">draw with the Cranes of Uganda<\/span><\/strong><\/a> in Kumasi and a <a href=\"http:\/\/sport.citifmonline.com\/2014\/09\/10\/black-stars-edge-togo-in-lome-in-afcon-2015-qualifier\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong>3-2 victory over Togo in Lome<\/strong><\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Qualification for the tournament in Morocco goes ahead, despite calls from the hosts <span style=\"color: #666699;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sport.citifmonline.com\/2014\/10\/11\/postpone-2015-afcon-because-of-ebola-hosts-morocco\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong>for it to be moved because of the Ebola oubreak<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/span>,\u00a0with the Confederation of African Football stating that <a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2014\/10\/11\/no-2015-afcon-changes-despite-morocco-plea-caf\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong>no changes will be made to its schedule<\/strong><\/span><\/a> ahead of the tournament next year.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Official Ghana XI v Guinea<\/strong>: S. Adams, H. Afful, Rahman, J. Mensah, A. Mohammed, A. Badu, C. Atsu, K. Asamoah, A. Gyan, J. Ayew and A. Ayew.<\/p>\n<p>By: Edwin Kwakofi\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<br \/>\n<a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/eddiekkofi\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @eddiekkofi<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Black stars coach, Kwesi Appiah, has backed caretaker boss, Maxwell Konadu, to guide the team to victory in the Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Guinea\u00a0in Morocco on Saturday. 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