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AFCON 2015: Avram Grant sees positives from Ghana's defeat to Senegal

Published on: 19 January 2015
AFCON 2015: Avram Grant sees positives from Ghana's defeat to Senegal
Avram Grant

Ghana coach Avram Grant has hailed the mental strength of his players after the 2-1 defeat to Senegal on Monday.

The Black Stars failed to build on an early momentum to ultimately succumb to the defeat in their first group game in Mongomo.

The defeat against Senegal now makes life very difficult for Ghana who are facing early elimination from the tournament being staged by Equatorial Guinea.

But coach Avram Grant has hailed the mental fortitude of his young team especially during the difficult periods of the game.

“This loss especially with these young players could affect the players but the players show a lot of spirit,” he told Africanfootball.com.

“This is the reason we scored one goal – exactly like we planned.

“The second chance also was good, the third chance was also good.

“We had three big chances exactly as we planned but we couldn’t score.

“Compared to the conditions we did well, unfortunately we conceded in the last moment and that is not very good.”

Ghana must now win their remaining two group games against Algeria and South Africa or face an early exit from the 2015 AFCON.

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Comments

  • wakaso
    says: 9 years ago
    Ghana have an up hill battle to qualify to the next round..just after Algeria beat South Africa by 3:1.For the first time may be in the history Ghana are not going thru to the next round.The competition is stiff!!!
  • Eric
    says: 9 years ago
    this is a silly comment frm Grant. we dnt care whether the players are young or not. how can he play such a foolish tactics and give this idiot excuse.
  • Eric
    says: 9 years ago
    Ghana is an overrated team....useless.
  • mukmin
    says: 9 years ago
    If this coach does not make it out of the group stages he shouldn't bother coming back to Ghana. Anything less than a final and he should suffer the same fate as Akwasi Appiah.
  • fish
    says: 9 years ago
    Where those fools,Amoration and Banger,the two gay partners.Useless urchins
  • PITOo
    says: 9 years ago
    our NAME was playing the game for us in the first half. Sorry to say but there was not many ripe players in the team. The second chance Christian Atsu had when he came one on one with the goalkeeper, he should have gone for a big powerful shot not a placed curler because there was no defenders to curl the ball around so a curler is less preffered in this situation to a big shot, Gyan knows this when he came one on one with Nuere in our worldcup game against Germany. Secondly, senegal got the equalizer when Jordan left the pitch in the middle of play. This puts a certain mental pressure on our defenders especially at a time when senegal has the ball and they are in our box. It is understandable that Andre went hard on him afterwards.  In short we have too many good but Unripe players. If they don't find a way to put their heads in the game against Algeria and pull their weights then they are coming home. Our headers was also poor, Johnathan Mensah, Awal Mohamed and most of the players in this team are not particularly good at heading to score. Green players.
  • Anokwale
    says: 9 years ago
    You have it right Pito. That miss by Atsu ended up being the game. We were a man short when Senegal scored. Grant has to be taken to tasks for a tactically weak second half.
  • Zambia soccerman
    says: 9 years ago
    Ghana people crying? Ain't you African powerhouse calling Zambia minors? Your useless team isn't going anywhere. Atleast we Zambia admit we ain't good this time, and have dunderhead of a coach.
  • Abrantie
    says: 9 years ago
    The players didn't respect their opponent and as a result they weren't mentally focused and prepared. It showed after the first goal. Hard work beats TALENT when Talent doesn't show up. Our biggest problem lies in the middle of the park. Specifically in the attacking mid role. We don't have that creative midfielder. The partnership between Rabiu-Badu isn't going to create goals or open up defenses. Our defense did not play bad at all. We fix a few minor things like: position awareness and communication and we should be alright. Over all, the team just wasn't there. Mentally we sucked and lacked the fighting spirit.
  • redd
    says: 9 years ago
    Two thirds of our first team players hardly get any play time at their clubs.Compare this to Senegal and Algeria players who play week-in-week-out.The likes of atsu,bash,wakaso,rabiu,Jonathan mensah,afriyie acquah,ayew all don't play enough to merit a call up.This is the hard truth.When we had the likes of Stephen appiah,laryea,muntari, essien,paintsil all playing 90 mins for their clubs you all saw how good a team we had.
  • Africanus
    says: 9 years ago
    Ghana missed Muntari and Kwadwo Asamoah in the midfield. Our midfield collapse allowing for a free flow of supply to the Senegalese attackers, forcing Black Stars to play defensively for large spells.
  • Nana
    says: 9 years ago
    Its simple guys Grants 3 5 2 formation will not work with the quality of players we have we don't have a clinical finisher for that formation he need to use the 4 4 2 and use the wings.
  • nana adwoa twekese
    says: 9 years ago
    Ghanaian men on it again. Tactically the coach was playing 4-1-4-1 same Arsenal yesterday. Dummies don't describe what you don't know. We are out prepare yourself for another commission. Stupid Ghanaian men all they know is yen KO di and no critical thinking.
  • banger
    says: 9 years ago
    LOOK HERE FISH.I WONDER IF U TOOK A BATH TODAY.INSTEAD OF WORRYING BOUT WHAT U GOING TO EAT TOMORROW U HERE TALKIN SHIT.ARE U NOT BUSSY EATING MUMBIES COCK BETWEEN TWO LOAFS OF BREAD.U FUCKIN FAGGOT.
  • Stranger Danger
    says: 9 years ago
    I miss all of them. Gyan, Muntari, Essien, Asamoah, Kwarasey, ... I even KPB ... I'm about to cry now. Dont look at me.
  • Stranger Danger
    says: 9 years ago
    exactly. use the wingers and stick to the 4-4-2 formation. It's the best tactic we've got for exploiting our strengths and covering our weakness. And it's still a good attacking formation; what most of our players are used to. I also think we might have something in Accam, he needs more playing time.
  • OGYA
    says: 9 years ago
    mukmin, so why don't you go and coach the team out of the group stage, if you know more.
  • AGONA ABODOM
    says: 9 years ago
    When we talk about experience players, some people thinks we are joking. Next time call our bosses to come and play, I mean Essien, Muntari and co.
  • Abdulazeez Isa
    says: 9 years ago
    Someone is talking about experience players, which is over rated in Africa. Ask Nigerians, they will tell you why they no longer need experience. The last two AFCON were won by teams made up of rockies, especially the Nigerian. Team where 9 out of the 11 players on the pitch and 17 out of the 22 had never played for Nigeria before then. after that win, Nigerian media, fans and FA started mounting pressure on the coach for those stupid big headed experience players to be brought back, the rest is history. Does Senegal that beat Ghana team without Ba, Papis, and the Southamtom man, an experience team? Nigeria is licking her wounds for the shabby treatment meted to their indigenous coach Keshi, whom they imposed the so-called experienced players on, and failed woefully. Never you fans imposed players on the coach. Your problem is not trusting your local coach, these foreign coaches are nothing better. Allow your local coaches to discipline these players at the long run the players will have to lower their big absurd running heads. At least my commend bothers on development not just a single tournament, because as it seems now Ghana has micro chance of making out of the group, except referee continue to give the team penalties as they did in the last AFCON.
  • Amoration
    says: 9 years ago
    Haii ugly fish we are talking foolball here and you ignorant homo is bringing your dirty act here. To hell with with Obama the gay teacher. Asshole
  • wee ba
    says: 9 years ago
    most of our players are flash in the pan,one time hitters.Atsu,wakaso,badu,Jordan,awal,j mensah ........lazy lads
  • attah 1
    says: 9 years ago
    The next game will be a different ball game
  • JOHN AKPA ( nickname )
    says: 9 years ago
    Did the new physical trainer overwork them in the morning or the day before ? Our guys looked jaded in the second half and the goalkeeper refusing to hit the ball forward but instead giving short passes at the back didn't help us. Stephen Adams is my favourite.

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