2021 AFCON: Ghana must stop defending and kill games - Asamoah Gyan

Asamoah Gyan, a former Ghana captain has expressed his frustrations after Black Stars failure to win games in the ongoing 2021 Africa Cup of Nations [AFCON].

The Black Stars suffered a defeat in their opening game against Morocco and were held to a 1-1 draw with Gabon in their second Group G game.

Ghana now sit 3rd with just a point after two games played.

Speaking as a pundit on SuperSport TV after Ghana’s 1-1 draw against Gabon, Gyan noted that the team should be going all out and killing games rather than reverting to a defensive approach.

“I’m not happy, we deserved the three points but i think we lost a bit of concentration and conceded a goal in the last minute. We cannot keep on conceding goals in the later stages of the game,” he stated.

“I think Baba Iddrisu’s injury was a big blow for Ghana because when he left you could see everything changed. I think we could have brought two offensive midfielders to be able to kill the game. We sat back too much, we were defending too much, we were in control over the game and you cannot sit back when you are in control over a game, you have to try and kill the game.”

He added: “The Gabonese weren’t that dangerous so we could have even go forward and get a goal but we sat back and then we conceded a goal in the latter stages.

“I’m not a happy man, now we have to go home and start calculating which should have won this game but it’s football so let’s see what happens in the next game,” he added.

However, Rajevac and his side could seal qualification to the last 16 if they record a convincing win over Comoros in their final group game today.