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Chris Hughton, head coach of the Black Stars, has insisted that it is his responsibility to build the team after their humbling defeat to the USA.
The four-time African champions suffered a crashing 4-0 loss at the Geodis Park in an international friendly on Wednesday.
Following the match, Hughton drew upon his extensive experience in the game and expressed confidence in the team's capacity to rebound and achieve positive results, even in the aftermath of such disheartening defeats to Mexico and the US.
“It is my responsibility to build this team. I have to work around some of the issues we’ve always had regards some players missing from the squad, trying to get consistency in the team and we will continue to strive to get the right formulas,” he told the press.
“I’ve also been involved in the game long enough to know that sometimes you go through what we regard as bad periods to come out better.”
In Wednesday’s game, the USA took the lead in the 10th minute through Giovanni Reyna who pounced on a poor clearance before Christian Pulisic added the second from the spot following a Gideon Mensah penalty.
Florian Balogun was then gifted the third for the USA following another series of poor defending in the 22nd minute.
Ghana went down by four in the 39th minute through a well-worked indirect free kick that was converted by Reyna for his brace.
Chris Hughton and his charges will hope to return to winning ways when they begin their 2026 World Cup qualifiers against Madagascar and Comoros in November.
The four-time African champions suffered a crashing 4-0 loss at the Geodis Park in an international friendly on Wednesday.
Following the match, Hughton drew upon his extensive experience in the game and expressed confidence in the team's capacity to rebound and achieve positive results, even in the aftermath of such disheartening defeats to Mexico and the US.
“It is my responsibility to build this team. I have to work around some of the issues we’ve always had regards some players missing from the squad, trying to get consistency in the team and we will continue to strive to get the right formulas,” he told the press.
“I’ve also been involved in the game long enough to know that sometimes you go through what we regard as bad periods to come out better.”
In Wednesday’s game, the USA took the lead in the 10th minute through Giovanni Reyna who pounced on a poor clearance before Christian Pulisic added the second from the spot following a Gideon Mensah penalty.
Florian Balogun was then gifted the third for the USA following another series of poor defending in the 22nd minute.
Ghana went down by four in the 39th minute through a well-worked indirect free kick that was converted by Reyna for his brace.
Chris Hughton and his charges will hope to return to winning ways when they begin their 2026 World Cup qualifiers against Madagascar and Comoros in November.