{"id":138072,"date":"2025-09-06T22:44:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-06T22:44:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/138072\/"},"modified":"2025-09-06T22:44:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-06T22:44:08","slug":"it-was-an-insult-to-ghanaians-nrsa-boss-slams-black-stars-performance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/138072\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;It was an insult to Ghanaians&#8217; \u2013 NRSA boss slams Black Stars&#8217; performance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/SportsArchive\/It-was-an-insult-to-Ghanaians-NRSA-boss-slams-Black-Stars-performance-1999465?gallery=1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/91229102.295.jpg\" alt=\"Players of the Black Stars before a game\" title=\"Players of the Black Stars before a game\" width=\"295\" height=\"197\" \/> <\/a>Players of the Black Stars before a game<\/p>\n<p id=\"article-123\">Ghana\u2019s 1-1 draw with Chad in the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers has sparked outrage across the country, and the criticisms have reached unexpected quarters. <\/p>\n<p>The Acting Director-General of the National Road Safety Authority (NRSA), Abraham Amaliba, has blasted the Black Stars, describing their display as \u201clacklustre, below average, disrespectful and an insult to Ghanaians.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on TV3\u2019s New Day on Friday, September 5, Amaliba fumed that the Black Stars squandered an opportunity to seal victory early in Thursday\u2019s qualifier in N\u2019Djamena.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat match could have been wrapped up in the first 45 minutes by four goals. Instead, what we saw was a performance that disrespected the Ghanaian people,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Ghana had taken the lead through Jordan Ayew in the first half, but Celestin Ecua\u2019s late deflected strike denied Otto Addo\u2019s men a win and left their qualification campaign on shaky ground.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mobile.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/SportsArchive\/Black-Stars-step-up-preparations-for-Mali-showdown-1999448\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Black Stars step up preparations for Mali showdown<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Amaliba, visibly frustrated, argued that the Black Stars have a worrying trend of underrating so-called weaker opponents.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cApart from the 1982 squad, any time we play a lowly-placed team, we tend to underrate them and they come at us. But when we meet superior teams and they beat us massively, what is wrong with our Black Stars?\u201d he quizzed.<\/p>\n<p>Looking ahead to Ghana\u2019s clash with Mali at the Accra Sports Stadium on Monday, September 8, 2025, he issued a stern warning to the players.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey dare not repeat that performance again. It is not their right to play the way they want. If they don\u2019t want to play well, they should leave the Black Stars. My village boys are there, we can put them together and they will play for Ghana,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>The comments underline the rising pressure on the Black Stars, who now risk losing grip on their qualification hopes unless they bounce back immediately.<\/p>\n<p>Watch the interview below:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>FKA\/AE<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, watch the reactions of Ghanaians after Ghana&#8217;s 1-1 draw against Chad in 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Players of the Black Stars before a game Ghana\u2019s 1-1 draw with Chad in the 2026 FIFA World&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":138073,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[403,99],"class_list":["post-138072","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138072","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=138072"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138072\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/138073"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=138072"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=138072"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=138072"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}