Ghana struggling to qualify for AFCON worrying – Former Ghana FA Vice President George Afriyie

George AfriyieFormer Ghana FA Vice President George Afriyie has voiced his concerns about the Black Stars’ current struggles in their bid to qualify for the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON).He also highlighted the teams back-to-back group-stage exits in 2021 and 2023 under FA President Kurt Okraku.”We are declining some of the things I said in the past that many did not take serious is coming into reality. The way we are doing our things one day qualifying for AFCON will be a difficult task when we say that some people will say AFCON is our birthright,” he told Peace FM as monitored by Ghanasoccernet.com”AFCON we will qualify our best will even be third position or go to semifinals today if you look at it retrogressive when Kurt Okraku became the FA President the first time we were kicked out in group stage that is 2021, 2023 in Ivory Coast we exited in group stage.”If that is the case it will get to a point we won’t be able to qualify for AFCON that time we are there now,”His comments came after Ghanas painful 2-0 defeat to Sudan in match-day four of the 2025 AFCON qualifiers. Sudan capitalized on defensive errors, with goals from Ahmed Hamed Mahmoud and Mohammed Abdelrahman. Ghana, now sitting at just two points, risks missing out on a tournament once considered a birthright.