{"id":11491,"date":"2025-01-25T16:03:27","date_gmt":"2025-01-25T16:03:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/?p=11491"},"modified":"2025-01-25T16:03:28","modified_gmt":"2025-01-25T16:03:28","slug":"appiah-reveals-how-2015-sudan-coaching-experience-eased-player-adaptation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/?p=11491","title":{"rendered":"Appiah Reveals How 2015 Sudan Coaching Experience Eased Player Adaptation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"574\" height=\"451\" src=\"https:\/\/uwordpressmedia.blob.core.windows.net\/uwordpressmedia01\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-2024-11-22-160101.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11492\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwordpressmedia.blob.core.windows.net\/uwordpressmedia01\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-2024-11-22-160101.png 574w, https:\/\/uwordpressmedia.blob.core.windows.net\/uwordpressmedia01\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-2024-11-22-160101-300x236.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 574px) 100vw, 574px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Kwesi Appiah believes his previous coaching experience in Sudan helped him build a strong connection with the national team, which played a key role in their qualification for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON).<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Appiah, who previously captained Ghana and coached the Black Stars at the 2014 FIFA World Cup, led Sudan to secure a historic spot at AFCON despite the challenges posed by the ongoing civil war.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In an interview with CAF, Appiah reflected on his time coaching a Sudanese club in 2014 and 2015, saying, \u201cI already understood their culture and football style.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During his stint, he had selected young players, and nine of them later made it to the national team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cFortunately, I met five or six of them still in the squad when I took over as head coach,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThese players already understood my coaching philosophy, and they helped ensure the rest of the team bought into it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sudan now prepares for the AFCON in Morocco, aiming to make an impact with Appiah\u2019s leadership and guidance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kwesi Appiah believes his previous coaching experience in Sudan helped him build a strong connection with the national team, which played a key role in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11492,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11491","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\/11491","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=11491"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11491\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11493,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11491\/revisions\/11493"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11492"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11491"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11491"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11491"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}