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Head Coach of the Black Stars, Avram Grant has admitted he would need more luck if he is to win the AFCON 2017 Tournament with Ghana.<\/p>\n

Ghana will be seeking to end its 35-year-old AFCON drought by winning the 2017 edition and have already booked their place in the quarterfinals, with two wins from their opening two games.<\/p>\n

Avram Grant has had some hard luck in finals in his coaching career, which includes a UEFA Champions League final loss as Chelsea manager, an English F.A. Cup final loss as Portsmouth manager and most recently the AFCON final loss to Cote d\u2019Ivoire.<\/p>\n

Grant says he is aiming for another final appearance in this tournament\u00a0and says the outcome will be different if Ghana makes the final.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis team and I, if I may say, have achieved a lot of things. I went to the final with Chelsea, where we were the better side, but lost on penalties.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were the better side last AFCON, everybody saw, but we lost on penalties. I came to the F.A Cup final with Portsmouth, against Chelsea, and we lost.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSo I think I\u2019m lucky to have come this far, but I need a little bit more luck, but on the football side we did a very good job in all these tournaments.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI hope that we do the same job here, but I know it will not be easy to come to the same stage. But if we come to this stage it will be different.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ghana next faces Egypt in Port Gentil on Wednesday and will be hoping to progress to the quarters with their 100% record intact.<\/p>\n

–<\/p>\n

By: Daniel Koranteng\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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