Coach Kwesi Appiah still struggles to understand how the USA beat Ghana in 2014

Published on: 01 July 2017
Coach Kwesi Appiah still struggles to understand how the USA beat Ghana in 2014
Ghana coach Kwesi Appiah with captain Asamoah Gyan

Ghana coach Kwesi Appiah says he still has sleepless night regarding the 2-1 defeat he suffered at the hands of the USA in the 2014 World Cup.

“We dominated possession and created chances and didn’t take them.”Then we made mistakes at the back in crucial moments too. Appiah told Kwese ESPN.

“I don’t think there are many people who think the USA isn’t a country to bother about much when it comes to football,” he adds.

“In 2006, that game was very close, then we needed extra time to settle the game in 2010, and in 2014 they beat us and effectively damaged our World Cup hopes, so there is always an extra edge to the game,” he says.

“I don’t think there are many people who think the USA isn’t a country to bother about much when it comes to football,” he adds.

“It will be easy to say this is just a friendly game but there is recent history between us so it won’t simply be just a friendly game,” he says.

“There is also a big Ghanaian community there so it adds an extra

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