Thursday, February 9, 2012

Gone too Soon!

The Ghana Black Stars team have freely given away the only good thing that was going on for Ghana. You see the country has been plunged with sequence of shocking news. The one which seems not to go away has been the gargantuan judgment debt Ghana paid to one business man. (Me too I use the word some). Since the story broke, new day brings revised edition of the story and our media has not helped matters with each exaggerating on the part that serves their best interest which unfortunately has sometimes lead to a section of the public being misled. Dictionary meaning has been given to his name, songs composed in his name, lame jokes.

Therefore it was a fresh breath of air when the 28th African Cup of Nations in Gabon and Equatorial Guinea (AFCON) started though I must say the passion and enthusiasm is a far cry from the CAN 2008 and the World cup. The enthusiasm picked up a little after the Ghana - Guinea match and would have reached a higher height had we made it to the finals. But that was not to be as we lost to Zambia in an orchestrated “BX tablets” advert. I am not angry like most Ghanaians are, calling for the retirement of the striker and resignation of the coach. I think we could have done better and I am sad that the only positive thing going on for Ghana had to come to an end all too soon. It kept the politics of insult on our radio stations a little wrapped up. Now I dread to tune in to the radio stations. The news about the judgment debt is set to escalate even more.

It was the only Good thing and it's bad enough to see it end too soon. It was something we could talk about irrespective of one’s political affiliation, religion, gender or age and laugh about in trotro or taxi. It was the only thing that could make you sit in front of a total stranger’s shop and watch the black stars of Ghana play. It was something that could ignite friendship between total strangers because you gave someone a hug after the black stars scored a goal out of excitement.
Now its all ended but lets hope they improve their game in the next competition.

What do you think of Ghana’s defeat to the Chipolopolo of Zambia?

3 comments:

  1. well i think The Team lost and thats it..This is Football & just like life,anything can happen..the stars played well,created chances but it was not enough. its past tense now,on a personal note i think Asamoah Gyan has shown true patriotism by playing even though he wasn`t 100%..lets not forget he is human and can also make mistakes.we should applaud the sacrifices instead of rain insults...

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  3. Yeah this is football and anything can happen but it's obvious they could have done better, there is always room for improvement. It was left with a wee bit to reach that height of excitement which could have made smiles linger on for a while

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