GFA President Finally Responds to Nigeria Legend Daniel Amokachi's Stadium Trolls

GFA President Finally Responds to Nigeria Legend Daniel Amokachi's Stadium Trolls

Lukman Mumuni
updated at April 12, 2023 at 8:00 PM
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  • Ghana Football Association President Kurt Okraku has responded to trolls by Nigeria legend Danial Amokachi before the World Cup play-off
  • The FA boss insists Amokachi's troll help in giving the game the kind of hype it needed but the Black Stars were focused
  • The four times African champions edged Nigeria to qualify for the World Cup in Qatar later this year

Kurt Okraku, the head of Ghana's Football Association, says the Black Stars were poised to qualify for the World Cup and were unfazed by trolls from former Nigeria forward Daniel Amokachi.

The former Everton striker, before the double-header play-offs took to social media to take a dig at Ghana, who were at that time struggling to get a venue for their home game.

In a video that went viral last month, Amokachi laughed at Ghana for not having a stadium to hosts the Super Eagles.

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GFA President Kurt Okraku finally replies Daniel Amokachi. Credit: @GhanaBlackstars
Source: Twitter
“We are at the Moshood Abiola National Stadium. We are ready. Look at how beautiful the pitch is, look at how beautiful the stadium is,” he said.
“We are ready but some people are still looking for a venue. Some people are under confusion, you know who I’m talking about,” he laughed.

Ghana managed to edge Nigeria out and qualify for the World Cup, with the FA boss stating he told the Black Stars players to just remain focused amid the trolls.

"It's a Ghana and Nigeria game, it's a derby and a lot of ingredients go into that soup and the pre-game hype is part of the excitement. They decided to do it the way they did, we decided to contain ourselves in a different way," he said on GTV Sports Plus when asked of the Amokachi trolls.
"In the end, when we arrived in Abuja and I met my boys, I said to them we are here, this is the pitch and we have to take absolute control of the pitch and we did take absolute control of the pitch. Whether it was green pitch, yellowish pitch, violet, both sides played on the pitch and at the end the team that was well structured, that was more organised and more focused qualified."

Thomas Partey's strike at the Moshood Abiola stadium proved decisive after the 1-1 draw against the Super Eagles, with Ghana qualifying on the away goal rule.

Daniel Amokachi reacts to NFF's interest in foreign coach

Earlier, Sports Brief reported that Daniel Amokachi has emphatically stated that hiring a foreign coach for the Super Eagles of Nigeria will not solve all the problems in the national team.

Following the disengagement of Augustine Eguavoen as the Super Eagles gaffer, the Nigerian Football Federation are almost done to hire a foreign coach to be in charge of the team.

The Nigerian football chiefs have already named Kano Pillars' boss Salisu Yusuf and Enyimba handler Finidi George as assistants coaches in the Super Eagles.

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Lukman Abdul Mumin is a Sports Journalist based in Accra, Ghana. He has been writing for the past five years. Lukman joined Sports Brief as an Editor for the Local Desk in 2022.
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