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The exit of C.K Akonnor created room for Serbian international Milovan Rajevac to take off a job he left unceremoniously some a decade ago from C.K Akunnor.
C.K’s reign didn’t particularly takeoff as expected; in 10 games that he supervised the team, he managed 4 wins (40 % win ratio), 2 draws and 4 losses, the final straw that broke the camel’s back leading to his exit was an away lose to South Africa at the FNB Stadium in a World Cup qualifying series.
Akonnor’s mandate as coach was blighted with loads of glaring problems, his teams overall performance in games wasn’t particularly satisfactory which contradicted the way the Blackstars of old played, his lack of real leadership on the team spoke volumes of weakness, as well as a clear lack of vision on the direction Blackstars had to tow led nationwide crusade for him to be shown the exit door amongst other reasons.
Others argued that, C.K didn’t have the free will to fully operate at the capacity he had wished, his selection was often compromised by the top hierarchy leaving him with inferior materials to work with.
The players he would have originally handed call-ups to were not given the opportunity leaving him in a tricky situation to use what was at his disposal. Players like Mohammed Salisu (Southampton), Bernard Mensah (Kayserispor), Kamaldeen Sowah (Club Brugge) , Kamaldeen Sowah ,(Stade Rennais), Alfred Duncan (ACF Fiorentina), Thomas Partey (Arsenal), Caleb Ekuban (Genoa) Baba Iddriss could add their respective quotas to improve the fortunes of the country’s national team moving forward, if they accept to play under the new regime.
This new GFA has a lot resting on it , appointing Milovan Rajevac, for a 1 year stint to help the team recapture it’s glory days won’t come on a silver platter, there are lots of things they have to put in place to make him successful than his predecessor.
His exploits with the Ghana Blackstars is in fine prints for everyone to see, in that 2 years, he was on a cusp of semi-final berth at the World Cup,losing finalist in AFCON,2010.
Milo, is a strict disciplinarian and everything points to the fact that, in times past, the Serbian’s tactics proved useful to the chances of the Blackstars, a compact side that barley concedes and a team that used to possess and play beautiful football.
I’m looking at a team that is chasing it’s first silverware in over four decades, there is a lot riding on the upcoming AFCON tournament in Cameroun, and if the new coach will do well, it’s imperative he gets the free will to select players based on merit that have the country at heart and are willing to dying for the course.
C.K might be out of the window but Milo will have a squad blessed with many talents he can milk into superstars.
By: Raphael Bannerman-Quartey (saharafootball.net)
