The head coach of Bibiani Gold Stars, Frimpong Manso has shared his view on why the Black Stars are underperforming in the qualifiers for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) tournament.

According to him, the poor performance of the team comes down to the lack of commitment from players.

He holds the view that the players in the national team have not been willing to die for the country and that has affected the qualification campaign.

“With this group (in AFCON QUALIFIERS), we should have easily qualified without any mathematical calculations.

“Our team lacked the commitment to die for the nation, Otto Addo should drop all players who are unwilling to play because, given what they are doing, our local players can outperform them,” Coach Frimpong Manso said in an interview with Akoma FM.

In the interview, Coach Manso opined that it would be in the best interest of the country to switch focus to the World Cup qualification.

He believes qualifying for the 2025 AFCON is now impossible.

“We should forget about AFCON and instead focus on World Cup qualification,” Coach Frimpong Manso said.

Ghana after four matches in the 2025 AFCON Qualifiers is third in Group F.

With five points off, Sudan [in second] and seven points behind Angola [in first position], it will take a miracle for the Black Stars to secure qualification.