AFCON 2019: Mother Ghana won’t forgive the Black stars if they fail to win – Mohammed Polo

Ghanaian Football legend Mohammed Polo, believes that mother Ghana will not forgive these crop of Black Stars players should they fail to end the country’s 37 years of trophy drought by winning the Afcon Cup of Nations coming up in Egypt.

Polo, who was part of the 1978 Afcon team of the tournament when Ghana won its 3rd nations cup after beating Uganda 2-0 is believed by many to be one of the greatest players to have emerged from the continent of Africa. He played for Ghana between 1973-1985 and was instrumental in the Ghanaian team who were champions in Africa in the year 1978.

The Black Stars are currently in Dubai preparing for the 32nd Afcon competition which is being hosted by Egypt and the euforia surrounding the team is all about winning the trophy.

Mohammed Polo believes since anything that will be a hindrance to the success of the team has been resolved by the president of Ghana Nana Akuffo-Addo, it should be a straight forward road in winning the ultimate glorify in Egypt.

” In a human institution, things like this will happen and it has been resolved whatever means it is, and that is what the President has done.Those who are involved should take this matter serious and go there as one unit and as a team”.

” For the sake of Mother Ghana they have to resolve it amicably and go out there as a team because they need to do everything possible to win because if they don’t do that Mother Ghana will not forgive them ” said Polo on Nhyira FM in Kumasi.