Otto Addo Insists Ghana Were Lucky to Beat Nigeria and Qualify for 2022 World Cup

• Black Stars coach Otto Addo has opened up on the state of the senior national team amid its struggles to qualify for AFCON 2025
• The four-time African champions are on the verge of missing the tournament in Morocco after failing to win a game in Group F
• The Black Stars will next face Angola in Luanda and Niger in Accra in November but will need all results to go their way

Ghana coach Otto Addo has stated that the national team has been on a downward spiral for some time now amid recent struggles.

For the first time in 20 years, the Black Stars might miss out on the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations following a poor run in the qualifiers.

Ghana sits third in Group F after four matches with two points, with a slim chance of reaching the main tournament in Morocco.

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Addo, who has been in charge of the team since March after agreeing to return as head coach, has supervised the team in all the games in the qualifiers.

In explaining his challenge as coach of the Black Stars, the German-trained tactician stated that Ghana were lucky to qualify for the 2022 FIFA World Cup.

“Since not qualifying for the 2018 World Cup, we’ve been struggling as a country for a long time; we were lucky to qualify for the 2022 Qatar World Cup," he said, as quoted by 3 News.

Addo was in charge of the team for the pay-offs against Nigeria as Ghana qualified on the controversial away-goal rule.

Addo under-pressure in second stint

The former Ghana and Dortmund player has been under pressure to deliver since taking over as coach in March.

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He started his second stint on a positive note after leading the team to back-to-back wins over Mali and the Central African Republic in the World Cup qualifiers.

However, Addo is yet to win a game in Group F of the Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers, per ESPN.

This has led to Ghanaians calling for his sacking as coach after just six competitive games in charge.

Addo confident of AFCON qualification

Earlier, YEN.com.gh reported that Otto Addo is convinced Ghana can still make AFCON 2025 despite the defeat to Sudan in Libya on Tuesday.

The four-time African champions are on the brink of missing the tournament in Morocco after picking up only two points from four matches.

The defeat to Sudan means Ghana must win their last two matches and also hope that the North Africans lose both their final two games.

Source: YEN.com.gh