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GFA technical director opens up on Black Stars player selection inconsistency

By : cd on 03 May 2021, 08:29     |     Source: christian ahorgah

Bernhard Lippert

Ghana Football Association technical director, Bernard Lippert has admitted that Management of the Black Stars has been inconsistent in player selections.

The German, was appointed to his role in October last year, replacing veteran Francis Oti Akenteng.
Lippert defended the constant changes made to the Black Stars squads for their matches in the just-ended AFCON qualifying campaign but deems the situation necessary.

“[My time with the Black Stars] is honestly too short to judge everything now after just five months. We are still in the process of selection,” Lippert told Citi Sports.

“We have a lot of players, I think more than 50, and it’s time to finish the selection process and concentrate on a squad of 25 to 30 players and really prepare them tactically and in group tactics to make the team really strong.

“We played almost every match with a different squad and this, in my opinion, was maybe a little bit too many changes because we changed too often.

“But at the end of the day, it was also necessary to find out the best players. We have a new coaching staff so we also will love to get used to them and find a final squad.”

The Black Stars of Ghana are preparing for the Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon early next year where they have set their sights on winning their fifth title. It will be their first success in 40 years.