The Black Stars coach has explained why they could not at least pick a point against Bafana Bafana in Johannesburg on Monday
Ghana coach Charles Kwablah Akonnor has insisted that his substitutions went wrong against South Africa leading to the 1-0 defeat in the second Group G game of the 2022 Fifa World Cup qualifiers on Monday in Johannesburg.
Ghana made four changes in the second half with Joel Fameye, Andre Ayew, Richard Ofori and Majeed Ashimeru coming off for Kwame Opoku, Samuel Owusu, Lawrence Ati Zigi and Baba Iddrisu respectively and Akonnor believes that led to the defeat.
Bongokuhle Hlongwane capitalised on a poor defensive display and gave the Bafana Bafana the much needed goal to carry the day.
“Well, we started very well in the first half, tactically we were very disciplined. It went the way we want it. [But] 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 said.
“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,” he added.
Ghana failed to record even one shot on target as they had only two shots in the game. They will host Zimbabwe next month at the Cape Coast Sports Stadium.
A lot of Ghanaians have began a campaign to have Akonnor sacked as the head coach since they believe he lacks the technical ability to lead the country.
He was appointed to replace Kwesi Appiah who qualifed Ghana to their last World Cup in 2014 only to be sacked in his second coming because he failed to win 2019 Africa Cup of Nations staged in Egypt.