Goal scoring is Black Stars’ weakest link – C.K Akonnor
Ghana Black Stars head coach Charles Akonnor has identified the national team’s inability to create and score goals as an area that needs urgent attention and work ahead of their 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Ethiopia in September.
Akonnor observed that for the team to make their fourth World Cup qualification a reality and also excel at next year’s Africa Cup of Nations tournament, the team must address their inability to score in recent matches.
The Stars failed to score in their two recent international friendly matches against Morocco and Cote d’Ivoire. Ghana lost 0-1 in Rabat to the Atlas Lions of Morocco last Tuesday before playing out a goalless stalemate with the Elephants of Cote d’Ivoire last Saturday in Cape Coast.
After last Saturday’s match, Akonnor hailed the boys and described their performance as fantastic. However, he admitted that the lack of goals was his biggest concern.
“So now, we need to make sure that all what we are doing is to create chances to be able to score more goals against Ethiopia,” CK said.
“We still have a lot to improve in our attacking area,” Coach Akonnor said, adding that “If there is anybody out there that is good to bang in the goals we will hand him a call-up. But for now, we will have to work on those available because without goals you can’t win a match.”
Ghana will begin their 2022 World Cup qualifying campaign against Ethiopia and the former Swansea forward said their results against Morocco and Cote d’Ivoire were not inspiring enough ahead of their next competition match in September.
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