Ghana Coach Insists Black Stars were Unlucky Against Super Eagles
GhanaCoachOttoAddohas said his Black Stars were unlucky not to at least get a draw from the Jollof Derby against rivals Super Eagles because they controlled the game.
The Super Eagles won the friendly 2-1 in Marrakesh, Morocco Friday.
“I don’t like to look too much about the positives because we lost. But I think we were a bit unlucky the way we conceded
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like I said we were unlucky,” he told the GFA Media.
“First half they had the better chances, but in the second half we really, really did well. If you want to come to the positive
signs, the things we did in the second half with 10 men was good. We controlled them; we were a little bit unlucky with
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“I think what killed us was their second goal because we were close to actually equalize but in all, a draw would have been deserved but like I said we lost and we have to improve and move on.”
He said he was impressed with his team even when they were reduced to 10 men.
“Absolutely, the way Abdul Salis was running and how he controlled the game was really, really impressive. But all the others did well too,”Addo reasoned.
“To hold them with 10-men in their half and pin them was a massive thing. We had good possessions; we helped and supported each other in the right timing, especially Abdul Salis, when they pressed us, he went into the right spots to get out of the pressure and from there also we createddangerwithJordan,withSemenyo.
“The wing backs also in the second half were good, with Tariq (Lamptey) and Ebenezer (Annan) and it was really, really good. Ernest Nuamah you can’t
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catch, at the end we could have created a little more if we were lucky and Antoine Semenyo scored the equalizer with the chancehehadwiththeheader,thenmaybe we get a point but in the end we lost.” ´,Q WKH ÀUVW KDOI ZH KDG D OLWWOH ELW RI
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