When it comes to football, Ghanaians are like Brazilians—they do not just like to watch their national team play, they are passionate about Black Stars and have always been.
But it seems that long devotion, passion and love for Ghana’s national team by Ghanaians have come to an end—and this was evident when Ghana lost to Senegal yesterday at the 2015 African Cup of Nations.
I watched the football match at a popular hangout with several Ghanaians and shockingly, many were hoping for Senegal to win—and eventually when it happened, the excitement on the faces of these people got me saying; the Black Stars have screwed up.
For many years, the Black Stars have continuously disappointed Ghanaians at major tournaments but even that, we still had their back anytime they wore the national jersey—but what happened in Brazil seems to have ended the long bitter connection between the Stars and the citizens.
It looks like, Ghanaians are not just worried about the Black Stars not winning matches when it really matters but they are worried about how these footballers and the Ghana Football Association took Ghanaians for granted—and I am talking about the money scandal at the world cup.