The 47-year-old’s second spell, nevertheless, has not gone in accordance with plan to date, with the Black Stars winless within the two matches they’ve performed underneath him towards Nigeria and Uganda.
Assessing the 2 friendlies performed by the Black Stars in March, Addo stated the gamers should enhance on their ending, whereas including that it’ll take quite a lot of work to rebuild the crew.
“Finishing must be better under pressure. It’s a lot of work, it’s a lot of work but I have to say this is what I expected because…we were not good even before I came so it’s a process,” Addo stated, as quoted by 3Sports.
Meanwhile, the previous Borussia Dortmund supervisor additionally urged his gamers to be disciplined and extra clever after the Black Stars acquired three purple playing cards of their worldwide friendlies towards Nigeria and Uganda.
The Black Stars have been crushed 2-1 by the Super Eagles final Friday, in a sport the place they needed to end with 10 males after Jerome Opoku was despatched off within the second half.
Ghana have been as soon as once more held to a 2-2 draw by Uganda on Tuesday, with the Cranes coming from behind twice to assert a share of the spoils.
Mohammed Salisu, who changed Edmund Addo within the sixty fifth minute was red-carded late within the sport, whereas Alidu Seidu additionally acquired his marching orders.
Reacting to the Black Stars’ three purple playing cards in two matches, an sad Addo promised to handle the scenario and urged his gamers to play extra intelligently.
“The discipline on the pitch to play good, play hard. Play hard but intelligent and not get silly yellow and red cards is something we have address and work on,” the Ghana coach stated, as quoted by 3Sports.
“The football we played was not good enough. We should have created more chances, especially in the final third. Finishing must be better but I have to say this is what I expected. The last games before I came, generally, we were not good.”
The Black Stars will return to motion in June, the place they’ll face Mali and the Central African Republic (CAR) within the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.