Africa’s Leading Scorer at the World Cup Tells Ghanaians to Lower Their Expectations Ahead of Qatar 2022

• Ghana's all-time leading scorer with 51 goals, Asamoah Gyan, has prayed Ghanaians to lower their expectations of the senior men's national team ahead of the World Cup in Qatar
• Gyan believes the team is young and thus will need time to reach the dizzying heights attained by predecessors
• Ghana's best-placed finish at the FIFA World Cup was a quarterfinal berth, where the West African nation painfully lost to Uruguay on penalties

Legendary Ghanaian striker Asamoah Gyan has urged Ghanaians to lower their expectations of the Black Stars ahead of the 2022 FIFA World Cup.

Ghana made a return to the Mundial after missing out on the last edition and after qualifying at the expense of West African neighbors Nigeria, many believe the Black Stars can travel far in the global showpiece.

However, Gyan, a veteran of three World Cups and Africa's leading scorer at the Mundial, wants the citizenry to be measured with their expectations of the Black Stars.

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“We should give them time to make sure they get there. When you put pressure on them it’s very very difficult. You know a player going to replace Messi at Barcelona, its pressure so the fans have to just calm down,” he told Joy News.

The farthest an African nation has reached in the World Cup is the quarterfinal stage, with Ghana among the only three nations to attain this feat, together with Cameroon (1990) and Senegal (2002).

Meanwhile, the Black Stars have been pitted in Group H alongside Ronaldo's Portugal, two-time World champions Uruguay and the Korea Republic.

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Earlier, Sports Brief reported that Ghana's legendary striker, Asamoah Gyan says he is not physically fit to play for the Black Stars but won't rule out participating at the World Cup in Qatar.

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The country's all-time leading scorer has not featured for the Black Stars since the Nations Cup in 2019 and has been inactive for a year.

In an interview with Peace FM in Accra, Asamoah Gyan said he has to justify his inclusion in the team if he has to play at the World Cup.