Ghanaian president Kurt Edwin Simeon-Okraku has urged the entire nation to rally behind the technical team of the Black Stars for the Africa Cup of Nations Ivory Coast 2023. He made this call during the squad announcement press conference held on Monday in Accra. The president emphasized that the team needs support and positivity to achieve greater heights at the Africa Cup of Nations.AFCON2023: No Thomas Partey as Chris Hughton announces Ghana’s 27-man squadPresident Simeon-Okraku urged the nation to stand behind the former Nottingham Forest, Norwich and Newcastle United boss.”Coach Chris Hughton and the rest of the backroom staff need your support, and I am extremely happy that all of us are here. It’s a signal of our commitment towards offering this technical team and our players our undiluted support. Ivory Coast is possible. We have seen top-performing teams fail at big tournaments, and we have seen less experienced and un-fancied sides win big tournaments, so it is possible. Again, whether in good times or in bad times, all of us here in our dear country called Ghana have only one senior men national team is called the Black Stars. And we are the Black Stars and we are Ghana.”##NAJAVA_MECA_7775219##Ghana will be participating in Africa’s flagship football competition, making it their 24th appearance. They have won the tournament four times in the past, specifically in 1963, 1965, 1978 and 1982. However, since their last victory in 1982 in Libya, they have finished as runners-up three times. In 1992, they lost to Ivory Coast in the final, lost to Egypt in 2010, and suffered a heartbreaking defeat against Ivory Coast in 2015.In the upcoming tournament, which is scheduled to take place from Saturday, January 13 to Sunday, February 11, 2024, Ghana has been drawn in a group with Cape Verde, record holders Egypt, and Madagascar.
