thoughts on the black stars, woyome and......

the black stars.....
i guess that's why i stopped watching and following soccer religiously. the way it breaks your heart. soccer arouses passion and generates some intense emotions.
so when after rooting for your team and cheering them and then you lose, it can be soooo very unnerving...imagine the chipolopo of zambia, not yet having won an african cup of nations trophy, without players in the leagues that matter worldwide.
and the black stars with a galaxy of stars from the english premier, italian serie a, french league....the tournament's favorites. we thought we would walk over the zambians. our sloppy wins not withstanding, we still figured we were the best of the tournament.
so when we clashed with the zambians and in the eighth minute we had a penalty kick, we figured it was a done deal. then the leading striker of the team marched up to the ball and placed it for the kick.
asamoah gyan positioned himself for the kick and before he kicked the ball he appeared to have slipped or lost his footing because he simply tapped the ball for mweene in goal for the chipolopo of zambia to parry away to corner.
all hell broke loose, this same dude had wasted a penalty kick during the world cup in south africa. so folks were wondering whether he hadn't learnt his lessons.... however the thing about the kick is that even the greatest players in the world lose penalty kicks. so ma beef isnt with asamoah, with the benefit of hindsight.
ma beef is with the entire gfa.....thing is why did we take a crop of unfit players to the tournament when we could have taken a better selection of players there.
i call for an urgent self examination by the gfa to ascertain the wisdom in the decisions made prior to the tourney. the future of our soccer should be the focus of the administration so that ultimately our soccer can reach the pedestal it deserves.
woyome....at least the dude is out on mail and all we can do is wait and see how the case plays out. for now i rest ma fingers