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Friday’s Africa Cup of Nations meeting with Algeria is a must-not-lose affair for the Black Stars and their manager of less than a month
• Match report: Ghana 1-2 Senegal
Avram Grant has faced enough hostile press conferences in his career to know that he got away lightly. The Ghanaian media was clearly disappointed by the 2-1 defeat to Senegal on Monday but it was relatively restrained in the way it dealt with Grant, who sat in familiarly morose pose as a bat fluttered back and forth above his head. Perhaps the gentle approach was born of a recognition that this was Grant’s first competitive game in charge, or perhaps it was simply that the poor performance wasn’t unexpected.
Not since 2010 have Ghana played well at a Cup of Nations. They may have reached the semi-finals in 2012 and 2013 but both times they ground their way there, helped by kind draws and occasionally generous refereeing decisions. This time the draw couldn’t have been harsher and despite taking the lead from yet another penalty – no doubts that it was the correct decision this time but the fourth spot-kick Ghana have been awarded in their past six Cup of Nations games – they were thoroughly outplayed by a stronger, better-organised Senegal side.
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• Match report: Ghana 1-2 Senegal
Avram Grant has faced enough hostile press conferences in his career to know that he got away lightly. The Ghanaian media was clearly disappointed by the 2-1 defeat to Senegal on Monday but it was relatively restrained in the way it dealt with Grant, who sat in familiarly morose pose as a bat fluttered back and forth above his head. Perhaps the gentle approach was born of a recognition that this was Grant’s first competitive game in charge, or perhaps it was simply that the poor performance wasn’t unexpected.
Not since 2010 have Ghana played well at a Cup of Nations. They may have reached the semi-finals in 2012 and 2013 but both times they ground their way there, helped by kind draws and occasionally generous refereeing decisions. This time the draw couldn’t have been harsher and despite taking the lead from yet another penalty – no doubts that it was the correct decision this time but the fourth spot-kick Ghana have been awarded in their past six Cup of Nations games – they were thoroughly outplayed by a stronger, better-organised Senegal side.
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