2023 AFCON: Black Stars players committed to give ‘one million’ percent on the pitch – Kurt Okraku

Kurt Edwin Simeon-Okraku, the president of the Ghana Football Association (GFA), says the Black Stars are dedicated to finishing Ghana’s arduous Cup of Nations quest.

Four-time African champions Ghana have not won the championship since they defeated Libya on penalties in the 1982 championship game.

Ghana has failed to win the competition since last doing so in 1982 in Libya and has come close twice in recent times (2010 and 2015) where they lost the final on both occasions.

There is now tremendous pressure on the current generation to end the 42-year drought as the team has participated in three Africa Cup of Nations finals and lost them all.

President Simeon-Okraku underlined that the players and the entire staff are fully committed to fighting for glory in Abidjan while speaking during the visit of Ghana’s ambassador to Cote D’Ivoire.

”On behalf of the team, we want to say thank you for coming to spend time with us. In front of you are your warriors. These is a group of players who have sacrificed a lot to have come to this level. Indeed the qualification games were very, very challenging. Travelling alone from their various destination, I have always said is a big sacrifice by the lads and having come this far is a very big commitment on their part and on the part of the technical team and the rest of the technical staff to truly represent our country and to fight for glory”.

”Indeed this glory has been evasive for over 40-years but we are very much committed towards the course. They will give off one million percent on the pitch and hopefully the Almighty God will bless their big effort in this enterprise and bring us the joy and love we have all been looking for”.

”So on behalf of the the team, the captain, the leadership, the head coach and everybody, we thank you for coming through and we will be looking forward to see you at all the games, beginning Sunday till we lift the trophy on the last day of the tournament” Mr Okraku stated.

Source: Ghanatodayonline.com