“Sack all the players too” – Angry fans react as Ghana sack Coach after AFCON elimination

Ghana have sacked coach Chris Hughton after their early elimination from the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) and Black Stars fans have taken to X to express their frustration.

Infoexpert24 understands that majority of their fans believes that the coach was not the problem, rather the Ghana Football Association (GFA)

Hughton’s side failed to win any of their three group-stage matches in Cote D’Ivoire, picking up only two points and finishing third in Group B.

Despite the disappointing draw against Mozambique on Monday, Ghana still had a chance of qualifying for the last 16 as one of the best third-placed teams.

However, Cameroon ensured that never happened as they beat The Gambia 3-2 on Tuesday to confirm the elimination of the Black Stars from the tournament.

“The Ghana Football Association (GFA) wishes to announce that Chris Hughton has been relieved of his duties as head coach of the senior national team with immediate effect,” a GFA statement late on Tuesday read.

“The executive council has also taken a decision to dissolve the technical team of the Black Stars.

“The Ghana Football Association will in the coming days provide a roadmap on the future direction of the Black Stars.”

The Ghana Football Association wishes to announce that Chris Hughton has been relieved of his duties as head coach of the senior National team with immediate effect.https://t.co/MjDiKZZfPV

— 🇬🇭 Ghana Football Association (@ghanafaofficial) January 23, 2024

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The Black Stars, under Hughton’s management, suffered a 2-1 loss to Cape Verde, drew with Egypt, and experienced a bizarre turn of events in their must-win game against Mozambique. They surrendered a two-goal lead in the last three minutes of added time.

Below are some of the reactions by Ghanian fans on X;

@NEBASARK: Sack everyone including the person handling this page .. 😂😂😂😂

@ThaGuru_: Sack all the players too

@Spamalord: The whole GFA staff should be relieved of their duties also. Everyone has to go so that we build from scratch

@Sir_Kwofae: Lol, you guys are playing with the minds of Ghanaians. They will appoint another coach and Technical team they can control again. Then we will qualify for another tournament and disgrace ourselves for them to sack the coach and dissolve the Technical team again.

Football Administration mu Recycle.

@gudgaalriri: We should have kept the coach,sack the entire GFA team and current players with the exception of kudus,Dziku and a few,we can play with Ghana premier league players, Mauritania qualified with only local players, that’s what quality means

@ShadrackAmonooC: DISSOLVE GFA!!, 3 Coaches In 4 years, The Same Results! JUST DISSOLVE GFA!!! 😬😬😬😬

@AfcBanks_: It won’t solve all of the problems. Even if a new manager comes in, it’s still going to be the same problem. The GFA is the biggest problem for Ghana football.

@LUHSJR: Ayew brothers need to retire as well and give others a chance

@Jeff_Tymer_: I’m very devastated. He was a good coach. He achieved a lot for us

@iamdjmfundisi: This is so stupid. Your players are sub standard and old yet somehow you can’t see that. They gave away silly penalties and your goalkeeper is below amateur level and made the most embarrassing errors. Your football governing body is non existent yet you ignore all these and hide behind the coach because he is expendable. Shame on you🫵🏿

@dickson_gh: Coaches are meant to be hired and fired. Good luck to him in all his future endeavors. The FA president should resign as well.

@NanaaBaah: Why is the GFA not resigning? Stop blaming coaches. All the national teams are failing. 4 coaches under this GFA all failed. Is it really a coach problem?

@RichYoung2020: The FA is not doing anything right… this is not what we are looking for as a football country…we want to see a proper project from the FA…. we want to see a proper team of U17 to U23 to integrate into the Black Stars…stop using Black Stars for money. Pay & Play is enough.