AFCON 2027Q: ‘Our Black Stars team is gone’ – Former Sports Minister
His comments come after the Black Stars suffered a damaging 4-2 defeat at home to Gambia in the second round of games in the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifiers.
Former Sports Minister Edwin Nii Lante Vanderpuye has called for a review of the management style of national teams following the Black Stars' poor performance. This comes after a devastating 4-2 defeat at home to Gambia in the 2027 AFCON qualifiers. According to Vanderpuye, the Black Stars are 'gone' and urgent action is needed to restore their former glory.
"Our national team is gone because we have problems; we have used the cow-dung management style for all this time, where we feel everything is okay on the surface, but there are problems underneath," he stated on Joy FM. Vanderpuye emphasized the need for a critical evaluation of the management style and called for the involvement of experts in discussions with the current team management.
The Black Stars led against Gambia at the Accra Sports Stadium, only to lose 4-2 in front of a boisterous home crowd that booed the players off the field. This defeat meant the Black Stars earned no points from their opening two games, after also losing to Cote d’Ivoire in Bouake, placing them at the bottom of the group for the next round of qualifiers.
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