{"id":89903,"date":"2015-02-09T12:35:34","date_gmt":"2015-02-09T12:35:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=89903"},"modified":"2015-02-09T12:37:25","modified_gmt":"2015-02-09T12:37:25","slug":"im-confident-future-black-stars-nana-addo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=89903","title":{"rendered":"I\u2019m confident of the future of Black Stars \u2013 Nana Addo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">After suffering a painful defeat from Ivory Coast in the final of the Africa Cup of Nations, flagbearer of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) has congratulated the underrated Black Stars for the performance\u00a0they put up at the tournament.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/B9WLmRVCIAAf_QT.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-89686\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/B9WLmRVCIAAf_QT.jpg\" alt=\"B9WLmRVCIAAf_QT\" width=\"619\" height=\"348\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;g64FO2Is8tM3MkbgJnAS5WIo0KgVGPv1&#8243;]\u201cDespite being written off by football pundits prior to the commencement of the tournament and coupled with the difficult beginning they had in their first group game against Senegal, they rallied together, showed character and determination, and gave a good account of themselves right down to the last kick of the tournament,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Black Stars were <span style=\"color: #666699;\"><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2015\/02\/08\/ghana-painfully-denied-another-afcon-trophy-ivory-coast\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>denied a fifth AFCON triumph<\/strong><\/a><\/span> by the Ivory Coast, losing 9-8 on penalties after the game ended goalless.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ivorian Keeper Boubacar Barry scored the winning kick following his save from\u00a0 Ghana\u2019s Razak Brimah.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The win was the Ivorians second at the tournament and consigned the Black Stars to a fifth AFCON final loss in nine attempts.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_89874\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-89874\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Grantconsoles.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-89874\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Grantconsoles.jpg\" alt=\"Avram Grant consoling Dede Ayew\" width=\"630\" height=\"416\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-89874\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Avram Grant consoling Dede Ayew<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Nana Addo stated that \u201cWe all hoped they were going to bring back the cup after we last tasted victory some 33 years ago, but it was not to be,\u201d adding that \u201cI am, however, confident of the future of the Black Stars, who can look forward to years of unparalleled success.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/255FF20700000578-2941812-Andre_Ayew_celebrates_with_his_team_mates_before_crowd_trouble_f-a-78_1423173831621.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-89825\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/255FF20700000578-2941812-Andre_Ayew_celebrates_with_his_team_mates_before_crowd_trouble_f-a-78_1423173831621.jpg\" alt=\"255FF20700000578-2941812-Andre_Ayew_celebrates_with_his_team_mates_before_crowd_trouble_f-a-78_1423173831621\" width=\"962\" height=\"662\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This he said is because\u00a0\u201cWe have a solid base of good players who will emerge victorious in the next AFCON tournament in 2017, and make Ghana proud in future continental and global competitions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">By: Godwin Allotey Akweiteh\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlloteyGodwin\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @AlloteyGodwin<\/a><br \/>\n<script>\/\/ <![CDATA[\n!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=\/^http:\/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+':\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After suffering a painful defeat from Ivory Coast in the final of the Africa Cup of Nations, flagbearer of the opposition New 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