The most anticipated European football competition resumes this week, to kick off the campaign “Road to Instanbul” where the final will take place in Turkey.
Some say it's the Kurt Okraku-led Ghana Football Association (GFA)’s most significant achievement. I don't know precisely why it's so in the opinion of those who’ve expressed that view from Saturday when the Black Galaxies beat their Nigerian opponent 5-4 on penalties to secure their place in the 2023 African Nations Champion (CHAN) in Algeria. The two-legged game ended 2-2 on aggregate.
I’ve observed how some of us, particularly on social media platforms, despise small beginnings in our football. Our clubs lack basic training facilities, including washrooms and gymnasiums. And, for reasons often difficult to comprehend, when the Ghana Football Association (GFA) role out policies to lessen the burdens of our clubs or sign sponsorship deals, we’re quick to mock it.
A few weeks ago, the desire of Ghanaians to see the national under-17 football team participate in the U-17 Africa Cup of Nations tournament in Algeria next year hit the rocks following the team’s failure to reach the final of the West African Football Union (WAFU) Zone B U-17 tournament in Cape Coast.
Abdul-Aziz Yakubu is a Ghanaian footballer. He plays as a forward for Rio Ave but he is on loan from Vitoria Guimaraes.
Antoine Semenyo is an English born Ghanaian footballer who plays for championship side, Bristol City. He was born on January 7, 2000.
