There is hope Black Stars will perform at 2025 Africa Cup of Nations - Neil Armstrong-Mortagbe
Head of Public Relations and Strategy of the Ghana Football Association (GFA), Neil Armstrong-Mortagbe, believes there is hope that the Back Stars can be better in next year's Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Morocco.The senior national team have failed to perform in the last two editions of the AFCON. Ghana suffered back-to-back group phase elimination in Cameroon and Ivory Coast respectively.However, the Black Stars will return to action in September when they take on Angola and Niger in the first two games in Group F.Speaking in an interview, the veteran football administrator was confident about the Black Stars' uptick in performance following two straight wins in the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.“We believe that we are on a journey. The last two AFCONS didn’t go the way anybody expected. In between them, we had a fairly decent outing at the 2022 World Cup which gives the hope that we can be much better than we saw especially in our last AFCON," he told ChannelOne TV.“Otto Addo came after that (2023) AFCON. He’s come in implementing a plan. From the last two World Cup qualifiers that we saw, we can see the beginnings of the...
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Head of Public Relations and Strategy of the Ghana Football Association (GFA), Neil Armstrong-Mortagbe, believes there is hope that the Back Stars can be better in next year's Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Morocco.
The senior national team have failed to perform in the last two editions of the AFCON. Ghana suffered back-to-back group phase elimination in Cameroon and Ivory Coast respectively.
However, the Black Stars will return to action in September when they take on Angola and Niger in the first two games in Group F.
Speaking in an interview, the veteran football administrator was confident about the Black Stars' uptick in performance following two straight wins in the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.
“We believe that we are on a journey. The last two AFCONS didn’t go the way anybody expected. In between them, we had a fairly decent outing at the 2022 World Cup which gives the hope that we can be much better than we saw especially in our last AFCON," he told ChannelOne TV.
“Otto Addo came after that (2023) AFCON. He’s come in implementing a plan. From the last two World Cup qualifiers that we saw, we can see the beginnings of the shapings of a squad or a team that should be able to hold its own when it is that the best of Africa gather again next year," he added.
Ghana will host the Palancas Negras on September 5 at the Baba Yara Stadium before travelling to play Niger in Berkane on September 9.
