2015 AFCON winner Salomon Kalou says Ghana is an African football pillar and deserves to be among the top teams.
He said this in an interview ahead of the Black Stars crucial game against Egypt in the 2023 AFCON in Cote D’Ivoire. Ghana lost 1-2 to Cape Verde in its opening game at the competition.
After getting the better of the Black Stars via a penalty shootout to win the 2015 AFCON, Kalou empathized with Ghana’s failed attempts to win a fifth AFCON title after playing in three finals since last winning the title in 1982.
“It’s unfortunate because if you’ve noticed how many times they’ve been in the finals for the past years and losing on penalties, those are the things you can’t control”
“I think that Ghana is a pillar of African football and they deserve to be in the top.”
Kalou’s Cote D’Ivoire is hosting the AFCON for the second time and got its campaign off to a very good start by clinching a 2-0 win over Guinea-Bissau in the opening game.
