{"id":284270,"date":"2017-01-12T14:09:47","date_gmt":"2017-01-12T14:09:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=284270"},"modified":"2017-01-12T14:09:47","modified_gmt":"2017-01-12T14:09:47","slug":"black-stars-struggle-to-score-goals-avram-grant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/01\/black-stars-struggle-to-score-goals-avram-grant\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Stars struggle to score goals &#8211; Avram Grant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The head coach for the Senior National Team, the Black Stars, Avram Grant has said that the Black Stars have a problem of scoring goals, which must be worked on, ahead of the African Cup of Nations (AFCON), in Gabon.<\/p>\n<p>The Black Stars are fervently preparing at their training camp in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE) and defeated Bunyodkor Club from Uzbekistan, in a friendly game to fine tune the players for the tournament slated for Gabon from 14th January to 5th February, 2017.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview from Dubai, coach Grant said the team created a lot of chances, but lacked the ability to convert those chances.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe team, has been creating a lot of chances but has not been able to convert them, as much as I would need them to.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn our previous games, we have created a lot of chances, but the percentages on capitalizing on the chances created are not good.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThroughout our training, we have been working a lot in front of goal in finishing to fine tune for the team and for individual players as well.<\/p>\n<p>The coach however, noted that the players are responding very well to training and is hopeful the team would perform well.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am glad we scored two goals from the friendly and I know we will get even better, because if you don\u2019t create chances you cannot score goals, which is very important.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Ghana won by 2:0 with goals from stars captain Asamoah Gyan and Frank Acheampong.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Source: GNA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The head coach for the Senior National Team, the Black Stars, Avram Grant has said that the Black Stars have a problem of scoring goals, which must be worked on, ahead of the African Cup of Nations (AFCON), in Gabon. 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