Head of Public Relations and Strategy at the Ghana Football Association (GFA), Neil Armstrong-Mortagbe is hopeful about the Black Stars possibilities in the following year’s Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Morocco.
The senior national team has battled in late AFCON competitions, with early exits from the gathering stage in both Cameroon and Ivory Coast.
Notwithstanding these misfortunes, the Black Stars are set to get back to activity in September, starting their mission in Group F with matches against Angola and Niger.
In a meeting, Armstrong-Mortagbe communicated trust in the group’s true capacity for development, featuring their new outcome in the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers as a positive sign.
“We are on an excursion. The last two AFCONs didn’t measure up to our assumptions, however a good execution at the 2022 World Cup gives us expect improved results, particularly contrasted with our last AFCON appearing,” he told ChannelOne television.
He likewise lauded Otto Addo, who took over after the 2023 AFCON, for executing a masterful course of action.
“Otto Addo came after that ( 2023) AFCON. He’s come in carrying out an arrangement. From the last two World Cup qualifiers that we saw, we can see the starting points of the shapings of a crew or a group that ought to have the option to hold its own when it is that awesome of Africa assemble again one year from now,” he added.
Ghana will confront Angola at the Baba Yara Stadium on September 5 and afterward travel to play Niger in Berkane on September 9.