All Rights Reserved. // End --> site = "ghanaweb.com"; site = "ghanaweb.com"; However, a last-minute decision saw Tony Baffoe handed the armband. Ivory Coast beats Ghana in shoot out to win 1992 AFCON (January 26, 1992). Friday Debate: How do you rate CK Akonnor after first two games as Black Stars coach, Current Black Stars team is one of the weakest – George Alhassan, Today In Sports History: Ghana thrash Nyasaland 12-0 in friendly, Emmanuel Keyekeh sets Black Stars target after sealing Kotoko move, CK Akonnor hints at next set of players for 2022 AFCON qualifiers. A Rashidi Yekini goal against Zaire now the Democratic Republic of Congo had sent Nigeria into the last four. AFCON 1992: Otto Pfister Blames Eddie Ansah For Ghana's Defeat We have fantastic players but these things affect us.”. He says: “Every tournament, we seem to have a little problem and football doesn’t work like that. read also: Kingston picks Abedi Pele as greatest African player of all-time. Africa football legend Abedi Pele has revealed the reasons why Nigeria’s Super Eagles lost to the Black Stars of Ghana in the semi-final of the 1992 Africa Cup of Nations in Senegal. According to him, the team was affected during the game. “I was a little bit angry. “To be honest I was very surprised and at the same time, the Kumasi group was shocked so it was affecting us during the game. and features to “That time Tony Baffoe was new in the national team and shouldn’t have been captain. document.write(''); user = "features"; This page was last edited on 14 September 2020, at 21:14. Send your news stories to Sports News of Monday, 1 June 2020. He thinks it has pretty much become characteristic of Ghana at international level since. Former Ghana striker Anthony Yeboah has revealed he was shocked and angry that he didn't captain the Black Stars for the 1992 Africa Cup of Nations final in Senegal. Pele lost the game through suspension against Nigeria in the semifinals. Nigeria won the bronze match after defeating Cameroon 2-1 thanks to goals from Friday Ekpo and Yekini. It was hosted by Senegal. The team has to be together, you need unity. Recounting the incident, Yeboah said then-coach Otto Pfister told the team a letter came from Ghana that Tony Baffoe should be captain. Since we didn’t win in 1992, you can see there is a problem either with captaincy, money or something. user = "newswires"; 1992 African Cup of Nations squads ← 1990. I will try to score, I hit the bar, it wasn’t working and we lost the final,” he adds. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club 1 GK: David Ngodigha October 23, 1962 (aged 29) ACB Lagos: 16 … . Coach: Clemens Westerhof. Liverpool players kneel to condemn George Floyd killing, Enyeama to Media: Stop focusing on players faults, Kwara Utd set for new season as FG lifts ban on contact sports, Ronaldo, six other Juve players under investigation for…, Spartak Moscow is one of Europe’s biggest club –…, © 2020 - Sporting Life. “I asked him (the corner kick taker) to give me the ball because I believed the guy marking me, I could move without him seeing it. Ivory Coast won its first championship, beating Ghana on penalty kicks 11–10 after a goalless draw. All rights reserved. Black Stars lost the trophy after failing to beat the Ivorians on penalties after a goalless draw in regulation time. The 1992 African Cup of Nations was the 18th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the football championship of Africa (CAF). document.write(user + '@' + site + ''); Chat with us via WhatsApp on +233 55 2699 625. The guy marking me was nowhere to be found but because I had one step ahead of him, I was gone. Relive the memorable moments of the 1992 Africa Cup of Nations, a total of goals in games. “In 1992, Nigeria thought they were untouchable because they had the men but we surprised them.”. Source: Ghana Soccernet 2020-05-31 AFCON 1992: I was shocked, angry Tony Baffoe captained Black Stars in final - Tony Yeboah Copyright © 1994 - 2020 GhanaWeb. Everybody was shocked and it affected the team,” he said. Nii Odartey Lamptey has said Ghana failed to win it 5th Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) title in 1992 because of the absence of Abedi Pele. Substantive captain Abedi Pele was suspended for the match against Ivory Coast and Yeboah, who was assistant, was supposed to lead the team on the field. They knew I was assistant captain,” Yeboah said in an interview with Kwabena Yeboah on GTV. For Yeboah, that whole Senegal ’92 experience and the general mood in the team ruined everything. Before the game, Otto Pfister told us that we have a letter from Ghana that Tony Baffoe should be captain. document.write(user + '@' + site + ''); No. Mutiu Adepoju scored for the Eagles but goals from Pele who scored the equaliser and Prince Polley denied the three-time Africa champions a place in the final. In 1959 and 1976, there was no final; the article is about the decisive match of the final group stage. document.write('');