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Thomas Tuchel Might Be the Next Head Coach of Ghana

According to the reports, Thomas Tuchel has made it to the six-man shortlist of Ghana to become their new boss. It can be a surprising new development for the ex-Chelsea manager after being sacked in September 2022 after a start to the Premier League. The Ghana team is lining up replacements for Otto Addo as he stepped in when the team was unsuccessful in making it to the knockout rounds of the World Cup.


Regardless of throwing his hat in the ring to be successful in the Gareth Southgate in case the England boss had to step aside in the new year. The African giants are eyeing Tuchel. According to the reports from Ghana, the 49-year tactician has been shortlisted that also includes Chris Houghton, the former Brighton and Newcastle United manager. Continue reading Thomas Tuchel Might Be the Next Head Coach of Ghana

ARSENAL UNBEATEN RUN REACHES NINE

Arsenal are now unbeaten in nine games in all competitions after their impressive victory over Leicester City in a Premier League matchday ten clash at the King Power Stadium on Saturday afternoon. The Gunners went into the back on the back of an eight-game unbeaten run and they were able to extend it to nine thanks to the 2-0 away win over Leicester City.


Mikel Arteta and his Arsenal players started the game on the front foot with Ghana national team player Thomas Partey dominating proceedings in midfield and they were rewarded with a pair of goals inside eighteen (18) minutes. Ghana international Partey is starting to influence games on a regular basis at Arsenal as he appears to have gotten the better of his injury woes. The Ghana player scored his first goal in an Arsenal shirt as the Gunners made it seven games unbeaten in all competitions with the 3-1 home victory over Aston Villa. The ex-Atletico Madrid player was the recipient of the first goal against Villa. Continue reading ARSENAL UNBEATEN RUN REACHES NINE

GHANA FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION ANNOUNCES INTRODUCTION OF SUPER CUP

The Ghana Football Association (GFA) has confirmed that the country will be introducing a League Super Cup in Division One, making it a new competition for the football league ahead of the 2020-21 football season. The announcement comes after some series of deliberations and meetings among stakeholders and other members of the association which underwent a prolonged process.

It has now been confirmed that every club that plays in the Division One will all be participating in the cup competition next season and preparations have gone underway to implement the necessary guidelines and strategies to enforce a hitch-free process.

The Super Cup competition will see five different clubs participate in it. First, there will be three clubs who would be the eventual winners of each of the three zones in the football league and then the other two teams who finished the season better than the others. The first meeting regarding the matter was held on Wednesday, the 10th of February 2021 in Accra and there have since been up to about three other meetings held as the parties involved were determined to arrive at the most suitable guidelines and directives that will be dished out to the concerned teams in the football league.

At the meeting, it was discussed that the reason for establishing the Super Cup is so that football clubs in the division will have the opportunity to participate in more games than the regular football league games.
The maximum number of games played by the Division One teams is 30 in the league plus a further seven which are played in the MTN FA Cup competition. Of the three different zones, the teams who come out on top as winners will seal automatic qualification for the Ghana Premier League, as confirmed by the GFA.

Filippo finaly frustrated with Team Performance

AC Milan manager Filippo Inzaghi finally appears to have him out of patience with striker Fernando Torres after admitting that the Spaniard should start scoring as soon as possible.

AC Milan manager Filippo Inzaghi finally appears to have him out of patience with striker Fernando Torres after admitting that the Spaniard should start scoring as soon as possible.

The 30-year-old once again failed to score in the Italian Serie A, as he endured a frustrating night against local rivals Inter Milan. The match finished as a 1-1 draw, which means that Milan have just one win in the last five matches. This has increased pressure on manager Inzaghi, although his position appears to be safe for the moment. The former Milan striker was brought in as the replacement Clarence Seedorf with a view of returning to the Champions League.

Milan remain a long way away from finishing in the top three, as they have not been able to put in a consistent run of results. After scoring against Empoli, Torres was expected to go on a goal spree. This is largely because he is the important player within the team unlike at his previous club Chelsea. The ongoing goal drought stretched to 8 matches, which has threatened to result in Stephan El Shaarawy becoming the preferred striker. Inzaghi has said that Torres has been extremely good in terms of working off the ball, but he needs to score in order to help Milan win matches.

“I believe Torres will soon get back on the scoresheet and I hope so, as we need his goals.I tried to improve the level of quality in attack with players like [Keisuke] Honda, [Jeremy] Menez, [Stephan] El Shaarawy and [Giacomo] Bonaventura to provide better service for him.I am trying to put the best team out to get the best out of him. He does well in training, but not every game goes the same way.Torres gives his all and I always use the example of Hernan Crespo. Carlo Ancelotti stuck with him when he didn’t score for two months,” said Inzaghi.

Ghana lacking manager still

A few weeks ago it was announced and confirmed to the public that James Kwesi Appiah would not be coaching the Ghana national football team after being in charge of the national squad for 2 years.
“The Ghana Football Association (GFA) wishes to thank Mr. Appiah for his diligent service to the country as the coach of the Black Stars for the past two years,” the Ghanaian FA said in a statement.
Ghana was placed in Group C during the 2014 World Cup and failed to win a single match as they lost against United States and Portugal while only managed to pick up a draw with Germany.

A few weeks ago it was announced and confirmed to the public that James Kwesi Appiah would not be coaching the Ghana national football team after being in charge of the national squad for 2 years.
“The Ghana Football Association (GFA) wishes to thank Mr. Appiah for his diligent service to the country as the coach of the Black Stars for the past two years,” the Ghanaian FA said in a statement.
Ghana was placed in Group C during the 2014 World Cup and failed to win a single match as they lost against United States and Portugal while only managed to pick up a draw with Germany.
Earlier in October, the Ghana Football Association announced that they have shortlisted a list of 5 coaches that are being taken into consideration for the managerial position of the national squad.
The list includes: Avram Grant, Juan Ignacio Martinez, Michel Pont, Marco Tardellin and Patrick Kluivert. All of these coaches have experience managing a club or a national squad. Grant used to coach Chelsea, Martinez is the former coach of Valladolid, Pont is a former assistant coach of Switzerland, Tardellin is a former coach of the Egyptian national team and Kluivert is the former assistant manager of Netherlands.
The Ghana Football Association considers experience to be one of the most important factors in naming their next manager for the national side. Those names that were listed are just some of the managers that are being taken into consideration but the managerial position of Ghana has already attracted the interest of 32 other managers which have already applied for the job.
The former coach of Real Madrid, Bernd Schuster is one of the latest managers that have been added to the shortlist of the Ghana Football Association as they are keeping their opened for any potential manager that have the necessary abilities needed to guide the Ghana national squad to success.

O’Neil Disappoints

The first match of Martin O’Neil as the head coach of Ireland was back in November 2013 when Republic of Ireland played with Poland and had to settle with a 0-0 draw. O’Neil so far has coached his national side through 7 matches but only being able to secure 1 victory, it hasn’t exactly been able to pick up positive results.

Despite not getting a fair amount of triumphs since being appointed as the manager of Republic of Ireland, Martin O’Neil still remains quite hopeful about the near future of his team and of all the obstacles that are inching closer and closer.

The first match of Martin O’Neil as the head coach of Ireland was back in November 2013 when Republic of Ireland played with Poland and had to settle with a 0-0 draw. O’Neil so far has coached his national side through 7 matches but only being able to secure 1 victory, it hasn’t exactly been able to pick up positive results.

Despite not getting a fair amount of triumphs since being appointed as the manager of Republic of Ireland, Martin O’Neil still remains quite hopeful about the near future of his team and of all the obstacles that are inching closer and closer.

A few weeks away from now Martin O’Neil will have the task of guiding Republic of Ireland into the upcoming 2016 Euro’s as they have to face off with Georgia, Gibraltar, Germany and Scotland before the year concludes.

Martin O’Neil is not as concerned about those matches as he talked during a press conference and went on saying that he will be relying on his current squad for his next international matches but the Northern Ireland coach is hoping and expecting that younger and talented players will arrive to the team.

“I’m hoping that over the course of the next 10 to 12 months maybe some of the young lads will come through, maybe from League of Ireland, you never know, but also, I presume, in Britain, lads that can take their place and be worthy of playing and actually be comfortable playing. That’s in the not too distant future, I hope. But obviously with the games coming up I’ll probably be relying on a lot of the squad that I’ve had for the last number of weeks.” Martin O’Neil said.

Appiah Surprised By USA Defeat

The manager of the Ghana national football team, James Kwesi Appiah, has said that the defeat against USA in the ongoing FIFA World Cup 2014 has come as a bit of a surprise for him.

Ghana lost its first match in the tournament by 1-2 yesterday. They had the stronger team on paper as compared to the United States and thus, people were backing them to secure at least one point from the match, but, it wasn’t to be. The American team, against the odds, pulled off a wonderful win.

The manager of the Ghana national football team, James Kwesi Appiah, has said that the defeat against USA in the ongoing FIFA World Cup 2014 has come as a bit of a surprise for him.

Ghana lost its first match in the tournament by 1-2 yesterday. They had the stronger team on paper as compared to the United States and thus, people were backing them to secure at least one point from the match, but, it wasn’t to be. The American team, against the odds, pulled off a wonderful win.

This is the first time in the last 8 years that USA has defeated Ghana in a World Cup match. In the last two versions of the tournament which had taken place in Germany and South Africa respectively, Ghana had got better of the Yanks.

Ghana was pushed onto the back foot by USA in the very first minute of the match when Clint Dempsey found the net. According to Appiah, that goal took his players by surprise and totally unsettled them.

Talking to the reporters in the post match press conference, the Ghana boss said, “Honestly speaking, we hadn’t thought that we would concede a goal so early. It was a very poor start for us. We got unsettled after that.”

“When you play at such a big stage, you need to keep your concentration level right up there for the full 90 minutes. You can’t let yourself get off the mark even momentarily; otherwise, you will have to pay the price for that.”

“This result is certainly unexpected, but, you’ve got to give it to the USA team for the way they played. As far as we are concerned, we are still in the tournament, but, we need to improve.”