Former Super Eagles star reveals how he lost huge deal following Nigeria’s failure to qualify for World Cup
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A member of the Ghana Football Association executive committee (GFA), Tony Aubynn, has disclosed that he had a dream that the Black Stars won the 2022 FIFA World Cup.
Ghana edged the Super Eagles to qualify for the global showpiece and are drawn in Group H alongside Portugal, Uruguay and South Korea.
Qatar will host the forthcoming World Cup starting on November 18, and Aubynn has suggested that the Black Stars can go all the way.
Ghana reached the quarterfinal of 2010 and were coasting to victory before a dramatic end saw Uruguay knock the West African side out.
Former Super Eagles star reveals how he lost huge deal following Nigeria’s failure to qualify for World Cup
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Aubynn believes Coach Otto Addo’s side will do better in Qatar Ghana Web quoted Aubynn as per Complete Sports:
“I dreamt we were presenting the World Cup trophy back home in Ghana,” Ghana Web quoted Aubynn as saying.
“I say this with conviction that we would win. In 2006 no one gave the Black Stars a chance, but, we beat the number two in the World which was Czech Republic and reached the round of 16, and in 2010, we were almost going to win until the unthinkable happened.
“With God on our side, we are going to succeed.”
The Black Stars have qualified for four World Cups, Germany 2006, South Africa 2010, Brazil 2014 and Qatar 2022.
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