Ghana players sweep AFCON 2015 awards despite title defeat
Ghana players swept the post-tournament awards for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations Ghana despite not winning the title through the gamble of penalty kicks indicating that the Black Stars were truly outstanding and dominant in the competition in Equatorial Guinea.
The Ghanaians won four of the five awards for the tournament in display with Christian Atsu adjudged the best player of the competition as he won the MVP of the Orange Africa Cup of Nations Equatorial Guinea 2015.
It was double delight for Atsu, as his goal against Guinea at the semis was named the Nissan Goal of the Tournament.
He featured in all six games for the Black Stars also won the Nissan Goal of the Tournament after a stunning strike against Guinea in the quarter-final.
Also, Andre Ayew went away with the Pepsi Highest Scorer, for the player to have scored the most goals at the tournament.
Ayew scored thrice and provided the highest number of assists.
Ghana rookie forward Kwesi Appiah was also named Samsung Fair Player of the tournament.
DR Congo won the Fair Play prize.
Awards
Orange Man of the Competition Christian Atsu (Ghana)
Nissan Goal of the Competition Christian Atsu (against Guinea)
Pepsi Highest Scorer Andre Ayew (Ghana)
Samsung Fair Player of the Competition: Kwesi Appiah (Ghana)
Fair Play Team of the tournament DR Congo
Readers Comment
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mercy afer
9 years ago
to me the black side whr d beta team...yes I am a Nigerian bt I go for Ghana...d played d beta football...but no one can change what has happened...all awards given where earned n fair
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Kean Abban
9 years ago
I feel very sorry for de Black Stars they know their Football,they are very Talented ,dedicated and very hardworking.infact they gave their all and Indeed they were the better Team.But GOD Knows best.Bcos it was baffling some of de outrageous coments some People Were making on tv.that when Ghana wins de Cup it will win an election for somebody.its amazing how some People Can Down Play de Intelligence of ghanaians ,so Bcos the coach laid down good tactics,Players Use their Talent and work hard and bcos Ghana tax payers Money is used to Sponsor the stars somebody Must capitalise on it to rig elections again?God says know i want u out cursed man.babies are dying in incubators cos of dumsor,Economy is in tartars with no Hope in sight,Education, sanitation,Health,corruption and we were Suppose to forget about all that Bcos our Hard working Stars win afcon?why ?do we hv water for brains?God says no the evil wont be allowed again now or 2016.
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dat bouy
9 years ago
I dont think Appiah deserved that award.He played 2games and n ever had fair play award.Even Amartey could have been better bcos he had it twice.
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Mike Stonto
9 years ago
Chaley leave d guys alone...they did their best...there's one thing Ghanaians we are missing, consistency ; the Ivory coast players have been maintained for along time nd they knw eachother. What about our Ghanaian team?? we always take pride in our blaming issues; this player that, this player that...It's my prayer, the GFA and any coach we get from now till the next 5-8yrs maintain these players and every Ghanaian can bet me that we can win 3 AFCON cups and even the world cup within these years
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Mike Stonto
9 years ago
The guys did thier best...It's my prayer, the GFA and any coach we get from now till the next 5-8yrs maintain these players and every Ghanaian can bet me that we can win 3 AFCON cups and even the world cup within these years
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patrick
9 years ago
Oh oh oh am disappointed for the black star ,how should our star black instead of white..
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paradox
9 years ago
but you didnt win and u remain trophless. 33yrs. ouch for a team like yours
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A concerned citizen
9 years ago
Hi folks and contributors in this forum you have raised very important issues but the real missing link is this. After singing and and praising God through ‘jama’ you have to come clean on the field to rely on Him only for His favors to win the match. What was goalkeeper Braimah sprinkling in the goal post before the match??? Could it be that brought negative ? or Can we say it reflected on his performance to miss the penalty and couldn’t save the other goal keeper’s kick. Remember, God does not share His glory with anyone and that ‘missing by inches’ could be the adverse effect of that weakest link.
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