Unity among Black Stars players lost – Kwarasey

Former Ghana goalkeeper, Adam Kwarasey, says the Black Stars were disjointed at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil and has put the team’s shambolic exit at the group stage done to that.

In an interview with Joy Sports, he said, “In the first AFCON, we lost in the semifinal against Zambia so everything was okay until the semifinal. When we lost that’s when the trouble started because we were all disappointed. That’s natural – we were all disappointed, we all wanted to win, we went out in. I won’t say in a disappointing way – but we were unlucky. We missed a penalty and really had a chance to win that game so we were all disappointed. I won’t say that tournament was so disappointing with the way we performed or anything because we were starting to get going and then we lost that game which we easily could’ve won as well – it was a nice experience.”

He added, “The World Cup was disappointing, we can all say that. I won’t sit here and cry about how things went. I’m over it, I’m past it but that’s the tournament where I felt that ‘we are not together at all’ – as players and technical team. It wasn’t the best experience but it is what it is, and like I said, I am past it.

“If someone decides not to play me and it’s for the best thing for the team, I’m fine with that. But do it as a man and with respect. Tell me and look me in the eyes when you do and I will respect your decision. But I have to honestly say that I was in better form 3 weeks before the WC than I was during the WC because of the simple reason that I wasn’t responding to the training.”