Former Black Stars Defender, Shilla Illiasu has expressed concern at the lack of an identity within the senior national team in the last couple of years.
His comments came in the wake of Chris Hughton’s last three games in charge of the Black Stars, where he managed a win and two draws in the 2023 AFCON Qualifiers.
Speaking to CitiSports in an exclusive interview, the former Asante Kotoko defender was understanding of the situation national team coaches face but expressed concern on the team’s lack of identity.
“It is just not easy.
First of all he has to identify the players that he has because there are players playing in different clubs and you are now bringing them to mold them into your formation so to me I’m yet to identify the identity he wants to impose on the team” he said.
“I don’t know maybe after qualification before people will start to see but in all fairness out game against Madagascar I was lost.
Maybe he went with a strategy just to get the points. But going forward he will have to convince us not me not you but all Ghanaian’s” he added.
Ghana’s qualification to the AFCON next year will be determined in the final game against the Central African Republic later in September, 2023.
Source: citisportsonline.com
