Ghana coach Charles Kwablan Akonnor has revealed reasons behind his side’s painful loss to South Africa in match-day two of the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers on Monday afternoon.
The Black Stars suffered their first defeat to South Africa in the Group G of the World Cup qualifiers at the FNB Stadium.
An 83rd-minute strike from Bongokuhle Hlongwane handed Bafana Bafana an important 1-0 win over Ghana move top in Group G of the African World Cup qualifiers.
Akonnor in an interview after the game disclosed that the team’s second-half performance cost them a 1-0 defeat to South Africa
“Well, we started very well in the first half tactically we were very disciplined. It went the way we want it and we were not clinical upfront, that’s the problem. But I was satisfied with the way we played in terms of controlling the game.” Akonnor told reporters in South Africa after the game
“In the second half, we somehow lost the midfield in terms of how we want to play because we believed that we could win the game.”
“We did one or two substitutions, which really went the other way round and we kept dropping and dropping.”
Ghana have dropped to the second position with three points following the 1-0 loss to South Africa.
The Black Stars will face Zimbabwe in a double-header 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers
