Black Stars legend Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu has stated that if Ghana doesn’t qualify to compete in the 2025 AFCON in Morocco, then football in the country could be described as “doomed”.
He said this in an exclusive interview with Citi Sports ahead of Ghana’s crucial 2025 AFCON qualifier against Sudan in Benghazi, Libya on Tuesday, October 15 at 13:00 GMT.
Ghana drew goalless with Sudan in Accra; The Black Stars have just two points from three games and are in serious danger of missing out on competing in an AFCON for the first time since 2004.
After being part of the 2015 group that finished second in the AFCON and competed in multiple AFCON semifinals, Agyemang-Badu believes that failure to qualify would be a bad mark in Ghana football.
“In case it happens, then the football is dipping. For some years, Ghanaians didn’t ask how we were going to qualify, they always spoke about how to win the cup (AFCON) but if we have left the cup to semifinals, to quarterfinals and now we are struggling at the group stages and now even qualification is getting problematic. Let’s pray it doesn’t get there because if it gets there, that means our football is doomed.”
