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Ghana team captain Emmanuel Clottey was left apologizing to the fans after a second defeat in as many matches at CHAN.Finalists in the inaugural Chan tournament two years ago the The Black Stars have succumbed to South Africa and Zimbabwe.With just Niger to play Ghana now need a miracle of Biblical proportions to see them through to the quarter finals and even that is not entirely in their hands."We apologise for our bad performance, we did not expect to play like this, we don't know what happened" said a somber looking Clottey.His coach Hebert Addo next to him at the press conference pin pointed what he called "loss of concentration at crucial time" as one of their downfalls."We selected the best players from our local league in Ghana and we planned to reach the final but now the odds of that happening are one in a million" Addo talked of the 4-4-2 system which they employed first and seemed to be in ascendancy in the first half but just like against South Africa they faltered in the second half allowing Zimbabwe to pick them apart.Mathematically Ghana is not out of it as yet. Zimbabwe and Niger have three points each and should they lose their last group matches heavily to South Africa and Ghana respectively it will come down to the best goal difference between, Ghana , Niger and Zimbabwe.The Black Stars are also keen to avoid a third defeat, something quite out of character for them. Clottey was adamant that they will make amends against Niger. "We want to correct out mistakes and we have one more chance to do that" he said.Having apologized for the two loses Clottey and team mates are praying for a change of fortunes when they play their last group match as the thought of another loss is to ghastly to contemplate for a power house in African football.Source: ww.cafonline.com
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