Coach of Ghana’s Black Stars, Otto Addo, has expressed disappointment with the team’s drawn game with Niger in the 2025 AFCON qualifiers on Monday.
Ghana drew 1-1 after they blew a lead away after conceding a late equalizer from Niger.
Addo could not hide his disappointment as he criticized his side for failing to make good use of the chances they created coupled with the weakness on the defensive side of the game.
“Definitely not, I am not satisfied at all. I am really disappointed, to be honest,” he said.
The Ghana coach revealed the team had worked on defending their goalposts, but terrible defending let him down against Niger.
“We talked, and we trained on set pieces and the way they defended in the last 10 minutes was really, really bad.
“I think in general, we had the game under control. We allowed sometimes some counter situations where we didn’t close the gaps really well, and then we got the lead. I think from that point things were easier,” he noted.
“In the second half, we controlled them; we created a lot of chances, which we didn’t use. In the end, these kinds of games are like this.
“There are no cheap teams, every team can play, and Niger also did well, especially in their counterattacks. But I am very, very disappointed with the way we allowed the goal,” he said.
The Black Stars will play Sudan in their next game in October. Sudan is coached by former Black Stars coach James Kwesi Appiah.
Source: Ghana/Starrfm.com.gh/103.5FM
