Former Black Stars assistant coach George Boateng says the nationwide crew’s decline has worsened since his departure.
In an interview with Soccer Africa, Boateng mentioned the tough circumstances the nation’s soccer has been going by way of and blamed the crew’s latest setbacks on a scarcity of consistency, highlighting how vital this factor is to the nationwide crew’s success.
He acknowledged:
I’m a really sturdy believer in continuity. I mentioned it straight after the event [2023 AFCON] and in addition within the media that as disappointing as it’s, the federation has to investigate.
Boateng, referring to the crew’s latest failure to qualify for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Morocco, believes that since his exit from the crew after the 2023 AFCON, the Black Stars have been on a pointy downward trajectory.
You may see that after I left, we’ve now had a much bigger slide as a result of at the very least once I was there, we certified and we had been unfortunate to not get out of the group stage.
Failure to analyse crew’s shortcomings
He added that the Ghana Soccer Affiliation (GFA) has didn’t correctly assess the crew’s errors and make mandatory adjustments after Ghana was knocked out of the 2023 AFCON group phases.
It’s important to go in-depth to see the place the errors had been by way of administration, gamers, employees and then you definately substitute people who weren’t competent sufficient; whether or not being a enjoying physique, employees member, or technical employees. And then you definately rebuild on that however I’m not too positive if that has been performed after the African Cup of Nations.
For the primary time since 2004, Ghana underneath Addo’s management didn’t qualify for the continental event, a setback many have raised issues about.
In the meantime, the Black Stars hope to show their fortunes round once they face Chad and Madagascar this March within the upcoming 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.
