The West African country’s president has issued a strong warning to the players as they prepare to participate in the upcoming Africa Cup of Nations holding in Cameroon
Guinea president Colonel Mamady Doumbouya has advised the country’s senior national team to win the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations title holding in Cameroon next month.
The tournament which was rescheduled due to Covid-19 pandemic has been slated to kick off between January 9 and February 6, 2022 in five cities and six stadiums.
Guinea among the 24 country’s to battle for the covetous trophy in the Central Africa country next year.
The country is yet to clinch the continental showpiece with their best performance being in the finals in Ethiopia 1976 where they lost the trophy to Morocco.
The interim President of Guinea wants the current squad to change the narrative by winning the upcoming trophy.
At a send-off ceremony, Colonel Mamady urged the players to win the title or reimburse the money invested in them.
“Bring back the trophy or bring back the money we invested in you. Period”
Guinea will kick-start its campaign against Malawi on January 10, 2022 while Ghana also take on Morocco the same day.
Just like Guinea, Ghana are yet to win a major trophy since lifting the Afcon title in 1982.
However, they have gone to three final since then losing to Ivory Coast twice in 1992 and 2015 and Egypt in 2010.
