Ghana coach Charles Akonnor chalked up Monday’s somewhat shock 1-0 defeat to Bafana Bafana in the 2022 World Cup qualifiers at FNB Stadium to his second-half substitutes' halfhearted display. SihleNdebeleSK
Barring Richard Ofori’s forced substitution, Ghana made three changes before Bongokuhle Hlongwane scored the winning goal for SA in the 83rd minute. The Black Stars brought in Kwame Opoku, Samuel Owusu and Iddrisu Baba for Joel Fameyeh, Andre Ayew and Majeed Ashimeru. Injured Ofori of Orlando Pirates was replaced by Lawrence Ati-Zingi of St Gallens.
“I don’t want to be hard on my players but those who were given a chance didn’t really take it and that somehow affected the game and the way we wanted to play. Ghana suffered a major blow before the clash with Bafana after seven of their European-based players were forced to return to their clubs amid Covid-19 fears. Among the seven players recalled are the five England-based players who all started Friday's opening Group G qualifier at home to Ethiopia that they won 1-0.
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