{"id":86477,"date":"2015-01-28T12:40:05","date_gmt":"2015-01-28T12:40:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=86477"},"modified":"2015-01-28T16:18:00","modified_gmt":"2015-01-28T16:18:00","slug":"israelis-back-avram-grant-to-succeed-with-black-stars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=86477","title":{"rendered":"Israelis back Avram Grant to succeed with Black Stars"},"content":{"rendered":"

Some Israelis are backing their countryman, Avram Grant to succeed as Ghana\u2019s coach in the ongoing African Cup of Nations Cup (AFCON).<\/p>\n

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[contextly_sidebar id=”5Pzz31AIIMYyhN4nT2xnErIYF2DxRxXV”]Avram Grant is currently in Equatorial Guinea with Ghana\u2019s Black Stars and his latest victory was a 2-1 victory against South Africa to book Ghana a place at the knock-out stages of the tournament.<\/p>\n

Ghanaians will be certainly be happy with the former Chelsea, West Ham manager and the confidence is also quite high in his home country.<\/p>\n

Several Israelis are optimistic Avram Grant will get the Stars to the final stage of the tournament.<\/p>\n

Maya Koye, a dealer in jewelry, in Tel Aviv, the financial capital of Israel, exclaimed: \u201cHe is our hero!!!\u201d, as she sat in front of her shop.<\/p>\n

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She continued: \u201cAvram Grant is one of the best coaches in the world. He is hard working and gives one hundred percent in whatever he does and he will certainly take your group [Black Stars] to the final stage of the AFCON. We will always be a fan of Grant irrespective of the team he coaches.\u201d<\/p>\n

In Jerusalem, Israel\u2019s capital, the idea that Grant would succeed in Ghana was also widely held. A tour guide, Uri Golani, another believer in Grant\u2019s methods was optimistic that Avram Grant had what it took to transform the nation\u2019s team but was quick to add he would need the help of all Ghanaians to succeed.<\/p>\n

Another fan, Erez Mohamed, who lived in Tiberias in the northern Israel seemed very informed on Ghanaian players and added his fellow Israeli would take Ghana very far in the 2015 AFCON.<\/p>\n

\u201cI follow Ghanaian football a lot. I know Michael Essien, striker Asamoah Gyan, Andre Dede Ayew and these guys are fantastic!<\/p>\n

I believe, the Black Stars of Ghana will go all the way even to the finals because of the quality of players you have and most especially because of Avram Grant.\u201d<\/p>\n

John Depp, an Israeli of American descent was not too happy Grant had been named coach of the Stars.<\/p>\n

For him, Grant\u2019s experience would make Ghana a stronger team and that would mean bad news for his beloved USA especially as Ghana and the United States could meet again at the World Cup.<\/p>\n

The two teams recently played each other at the 2014 World Cup in a match that saw the Americans beating the Black Stars 2-1.<\/p>\n

Depp did not think his country outclassed Ghana and is skeptical that such a result would happen again especially with Grant in charge.<\/p>\n

\u201cAmericans were very lucky with the Stars at the last World Cup in Brazil and I pray we never play them ever again.\u201d<\/p>\n

Listen to\u00a0Pearl\u00a0 Akanya\u00a0 Ofori’s report from Israel\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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