{"id":10437,"date":"2024-12-30T16:38:59","date_gmt":"2024-12-30T16:38:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/?p=10437"},"modified":"2024-12-30T16:39:00","modified_gmt":"2024-12-30T16:39:00","slug":"boateng-reflects-on-unbelievable-experience-of-qualifying-ghana-for-2022-world-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/?p=10437","title":{"rendered":"Boateng Reflects on &#8220;Unbelievable&#8221; Experience of Qualifying Ghana for 2022 World Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"678\" src=\"https:\/\/uwordpressmedia.blob.core.windows.net\/uwordpressmedia01\/2024\/12\/George-Boateng.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwordpressmedia.blob.core.windows.net\/uwordpressmedia01\/2024\/12\/George-Boateng.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/uwordpressmedia.blob.core.windows.net\/uwordpressmedia01\/2024\/12\/George-Boateng-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/uwordpressmedia.blob.core.windows.net\/uwordpressmedia01\/2024\/12\/George-Boateng-768x509.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Former Ghana assistant coach, George Boateng has recounted his experience after playing a major role in the country&#8217;s qualification to the 2022 World Cup.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After a disappointing performance at the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Cameroon, the Black Stars were paired with sworn rivals, Nigeria in the playoffs of the World Cup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The first leg staged at the Baba Yara Stadium ended goalless. However, the return leg at the&nbsp;Moshood Abiola Stadium in Abuja also ended 1-1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ghana then qualified for the global showpiece staged in Qatar on the away goal rule.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Recounting his experience, Boateng, who worked with Otto Addo as head coach, Didi Dramani as second assistant coach and Chris Hughton as technical advisor&nbsp;said,&nbsp;\u201cWe qualified for the World Cup 2022 in Qatar, it was unbelievable for me as a coach to be in the World Cup,&#8221; he told Tribal Football.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I really enjoyed that experience and it made me realize why people speak so highly about tournaments like the World Cup,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the tournament, Ghana recorded a win against South Korea and two defeats against Portugal and Uruguay.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Ghana assistant coach, George Boateng has recounted his experience after playing a major role in the country&#8217;s qualification to the 2022 World Cup.&nbsp; After [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10438,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10437","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10437","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10437"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10437\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10439,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10437\/revisions\/10439"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/10438"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10437"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10437"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}