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Former Black Stars right full back John Paintsil believes the time has come for Ghana to end its African Cup of Nations trophy drought.<\/p>\n

Ghana exited the last Afcon in Gabon at the hands of eventual winners Cameroon stretching their thirst for the Afcon trophy to 36 years.<\/p>\n

However missing out on the world cup after a poor qualifying campaign has put pressure on head coach Kwesi Appiah and his charges to use the Afcon 2019 as a means to atone for past disappointments.<\/p>\n

According to John Paintsil,Ghana have the right material to win the next Afcon and must take steps to make sure it materializes.<\/p>\n

\u201cYes we stand a big chance of winning it because this World Cup qualifier has opened our eyes.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe should have learnt from our mistakes and to turn things around we must win the 2019 Afcon.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is compulsory and a must win cup and this is what the players must understand,\u201d he told Ghanasoccernet in an interview.<\/p>\n

Ghana have started the qualifying campaign on a strong note after recording a resounding 5-0 win over Ethiopia in the first game of Group F and will be looking to dominate the rest of the games.<\/p>\n

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

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