THE
streets of Tamale became dead quite this evening as the failure of the
Black Stars to make it to the finals of the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations left
a bitter pill in the mouths of many Ghanaians in the area.
An aura of despair cast its shadow over
the sprawling city as many of the residents could not hide their
disappointment.“Boss, it’s bad. I am totally
speechless,” Abdul-Wahab Jebreel, a journalist said, adding that this is
probably the last time he is going to invest his heart in the Black Stars.
“Never again would I watch Ghana’s match
because they always disappoint us at the last minute,” Jebreel stated.
For Mr Mohammed Umar, an accountant at
the Graphic Communications Group Limited (GCGL) in Tamale, the defeat was too
painful to accept.
“I still do not believe it. We were so
close to the final and all of a sudden, pew. A team of no match to our team has
kicked us out. How can we accept this,” he lamented.
Indeed, many Ghanaians had harboured
high expectations that the Black Stars would qualify to the finale of the 2012
AFCON and lift the cup once again.
All of a sudden, they had to accept the
reality that the dream of qualifying to the final and possibly lifting the cup
had suddenly evaporated.
What probably caused more anguish to
some of these football loving Ghanaians was the repeated failure of Asamoah
Gyan to give Ghana victory at the times it matter most.
“Why is it that every time, it is he
(Gyan) who fails us? Aaa...ba,” Aisha Issah, the owner of Ayi’s Special Dishes
at the Tamale Central Business district complained.
In her opinion, this should be the last
tournament of Asamoah Gyan and the other senior places.
“Next time, the coach should send only
Dede Ayew and the other young guys,” Aisha suggested, may be confirming the
cliché that we have 22 million coaches in Ghana.
Ghana lost by a loan goal to Zambia and by so doing has been relegated to fight for the third or fourth place.
5 comments:
I share the sentiments of all those mentioned in the article. I think the stars let down the nation badly. But I think our key striker Asamoah Gyan is more blamable. There were times yesterday he was more dangerous to our team than our opponents.
yet to him it might be different: asamoah gyan feeling he has left not only litres of sweat on the playground but also given his heart to win. it's not machines performing in the stadiums. it's human beings. with their good days and their bad days. and those are the better days to the opponent team. who - in this case - had their share in hard times. what i dislike: this us-american-sports-moral: fight to win - or leave it be. otherwise we won't love you and won't even come to see you play. it's so easy to love a successful team. true love proves in bad times, though.
black stars are now black disasters, thank God that we dont have to pay bonuses, wayome has taken all the cash nd paying them bonuses will have been another politrick
You may be right, but many Ghanaians would crucify to you if they hear you say this. For them, Gyan has broken their hearts.
Ha, ha.. they'll still be paying some monies. Hurry up and train your daughter to play footballl.
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