Accra, Feb. 22, GNA – Ghana coach Goran Stevanovic is still “at sea” over his team’s semi final loss to eventual champions, Zambia at the recent 2012 Africa Cup of Nations.
At a postmortem press briefing on Wednesday, the Serbian coach said that he is yet to come to terms as to how his team lost the most important game at the tournament that also shattered their hopes of a silverware.
“I don’t know how we lost that game. We dominated and played very well. I don’t know what went wrong with the team. We gave out our best,” Stevanovic told the media.
Zambia, lone goal victors in the semi final match against the Black Stars went on to win the title after beating Cote D’Ivoire 8-7 on penalties in the final.
Meanwhile the Serbian has applauded the performance of his team at the tournament whilst assuming responsibility for the inability to deliver the ultimate.
“We have to analyze the problems and move on. I take full responsibility for the unfortunate situation.”
The Serb also defended his choice of players for the tournament claiming they were the best materials at the time.
“They were the best and talented players at the time. We were the youngest team at the tournament and played very well.”
Stevanovic highlighted the need to inject “fresh blood” into the team to reach the desirable level.
