Former Black Stars captain, Abedi Ayew Pele says that although it is sad Ghana was unable to qualify for the 2025 African Cup of Nations, the country should not lose hope.
The Black Stars failed to qualify for the 2025 AFCON in Morocco after failing to win a game in the qualifiers in a Group consisting Angola, Niger and coach Kwasi Appiah’s Sudan.
Abedi Pele reacting to the disastrous performance charged Ghanaians and the Black Stars alike to let the sleeping dogs lie, and focus on preparing adequately for other future competitions.
“I think time changes everything, and this, we are talking about three decades. So, whatever it is, we shouldn’t look back; we should just look forward, work hard, and achieve whatever we want to achieve.
“What it takes to be a great football team or a great football nation is to work hard and put your house in order to make sure that you get results, and that is all it takes to be a good team all over the world.”
“Football is one of the keys to ensuring that the teams and the country are united,” Pele told Panafricafootball.
Abedi Ayew Pele was part of the Black Stars team that won Ghana’s last African Cup of Nations trophy in Libya in 1982.
The Black Stars put up an abysmal performance in the 2025 African Cup of Nations Qualifiers, failing to qualify for the contest.
After the failure, there have been several calls for the sacking of Otto Addo with the GFA eventually dissolving the Black Stars management committee.
