The excuse for the failure of Afcon U-20 in Ghana at Cobblah enjoys support

Ghana's former Under-17 coach, Frimpong Manso, is joined by Jimmy Cobblah, the current under-20 boss, who attributed poor preparation to his team's poor performance at the time. Africa Cup of Nations in Niger.

Cobblah was strongly criticized for the catastrophic results of his team, which failed to pbad the group stage, also missed an opportunity to play in the U-20 World Cup scheduled for Poland in May / June.

At the post-game conference of their last game, the former coach of Inter Allies and Wa All Stars did not take long to put aside the challenges during the preparation of the tournament. Former Ghana striker Augustine Arhinful has called the current team "worse than ever".

"I agree with the coach [Cobblah] in the sense that his preparations began during the Wafu [Cup in December] and realizing that some players were out of shape, he had to invite new players, "said Manso. Asempa FM.

"With the arrival of the new players, he had to start new preparations, and in one sense I agree with him that he did not have enough time to prepare the team.

"In football, if the results are not positive, you [the coach] are likely to be blamed.

"We can not say that this team is the worst team under 20. Some coaches were not even able to qualify the team for the tournament in the past.

"We need to look at the individual qualities of the team and promote those players within the under-23 team.They must not be overlooked.We must not condemn the players and the players. team."

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Ghana, which was also eliminated in the first round of last year's Wafu Regional Cup, opened the Afcon campaign in Niger on a positive note by beating Burkina Faso 2-0 with a double by Daniel Lomotey .

The Black Satellites, however, suffered their first setback with a 2-0 defeat of Senegal, the group's winner.

With a draw enough to lead them to the next round, they succumbed 1-0 against Mali in their last match, placing them in third place on the group table.