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AFCON 2021: Ghanaians ought to expect the prize since we have a solid Team – Christian Atsu

 


Christian Atsu has gone against generally imparted insights that Ghana are not one of the top picks to win the impending Africa Cup of Nations.

The former Newcastle player won't be in Cameroon, missing out for the Nations Cup for the first time 2013.

In his nonattendance, Milovan Rajevac has named a 28-man crew comprised of half of players who will encounter the competition for the first time.

Likewise, the crew has an average age of 25.03, and seven players have not played more than one match for the senior national team, which features the teams inexperience .

These and different variables including insufficient arrangements, as uncovered in the enormous agreeable loss against Algeria on Wednesday, has made numerous Ghanaians distrustful with regards to the odds of the Black Stars.

Be that as it may, the attacking  midfielder has been observing the team from his base in Saudi Arabia and thinks Ghana have a solid team to arise champs for the first time since 1982.

"We have an extremely impressive team; individuals don't understand it," Atsu talked unhesitatingly to 3news.com in an exclusive interview days before the landmass' opposition starts off in Yaounde.

"We have youthful players however certain individuals are grumbling with regards to their absence of involvement. I'm astonished individuals are as yet grumbling with regards to youthful players in light of the fact that for me, it doesn't make any difference whether you are youthful or old everything revolves around what you can do on the pitch.

"As a youthful player, whenever you are offered the chance, you should do your best else you will not get another opportunity except if you are fortunate."

Atsu added, "We have an awesome team, we need to help the team, and we need to anticipate a ton from them.

"I heard somebody saying we shouldn't anticipate a great deal from these players however the thing would they say they will do in the competition? They need to proceed to win."

Atsu hasn't been on excellent condition as of late, consequently his rejection didn't come as an amazement. Nonetheless, his uncommon showcase at AFCON 2015 as the Black Stars arrived at the finals and lost horrendously to Ivory Coast stays new in the personalities of Ghanaians.

Atsu was pronounced Player of the competition, won the best objective for his marvel strike against Guinea and was highlighted in the group of the competition.

Ghana's first match is against Morocco on Monday, January 10 preceding taking on Gabon and Comoros separately.


Source: 3news.com

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