2022 World Cup: Black Stars goal-scoring will get better – James Kuuku Dadzie

Published on: 03 October 2022

Former Ghana international, James Kuuku Dadzie believes the Black Stars will overcome their goal-scoring woes ahead of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.

The Black Stars have struggled to find the back of the net in recent times.

Against Brazil in the September international friendlies, the West African country struggled to create goal-scoring opportunities and could not convert their least chances.

Despite beating 139th-ranked Nicaragua 1-0 in their second friendly, the team failed to convert their chances despite the numerous chances they created.

With the four-time African champions set to participate in the Mundial in Qatar later this year, the former Ebusua Dwarfs gaffer believes the strikers will get better and begin to score goals.

According to him, it is the responsibility of Ghana’s technical team to psyche up the players, especially at training to enable them to execute the right scoring techniques during competitive matches.

“With time, the goals will come. This is because just as Ghana created many scoring chances against Nicaragua and scored only one, Brazil also created numerous goal-scoring chances against Ghana, but they converted only three,” the 1978 Africa Cup of Nations [AFCON] winner told Graphic Sports.

“Football is full of uncertainties, so we should not condemn the players for squandering goal-scoring opportunities.

“The technical team should rather embolden the strikers at training for them to appreciate the need to be calm at the goal areas to enable them to execute the goal-scoring opportunities that come their way.

“In training, the technical team should also boost their confidence level for them to be well composed at the goal area to enable them to convert chances that come their way,” he advised.

Ghana have been housed in Group H alongside Portugal, South Korea, and Uruguay.

The tournament has been scheduled to kick off from November 20 to December 18.

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