{"id":97733,"date":"2025-10-09T04:21:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T04:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=97733"},"modified":"2025-10-09T04:21:00","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T04:21:00","slug":"otto-addo-has-been-lucky-but-im-not-satisfied-sports-minister-kofi-adams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=97733","title":{"rendered":"Otto Addo has been lucky, but I\u2019m not satisfied \u2013 Sports Minister Kofi Adams"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sports Minister Kofi Adams has described Black Stars coach Otto Addo as \u201clucky\u201d but says there are still major concerns about his performance despite Ghana\u2019s strong position in the World Cup qualifiers.<\/p>\n

Speaking on JoyNews\u2019 PM Express<\/em> on Wednesday, the Buem MP said while he acknowledges his role in leading the team to within one point of qualification for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, he is not entirely satisfied with some of the coach\u2019s decisions.<\/p>\n

\u201cWell, he has been lucky, but there are still concerns,\u201d the Minister said.<\/p>\n

When pressed by host Evans Mensah to elaborate on the concerns, Mr Adams explained that Otto Addo himself has admitted to making questionable calls during matches.<\/p>\n

\u201cWell, concerns that he himself most times when we meet, he will admit maybe I should have done a substitution, or I should have urged them on, or I should have fielded this person to play this role. <\/p>\n

\u201cAnd so there are concerns. But I must say he\u2019s been lucky. It doesn\u2019t mean that he shouldn\u2019t improve.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mr Adams, however, stopped short of questioning the coach\u2019s competence.<\/p>\n

\u201cI can\u2019t say that he\u2019s totally incompetent. I can\u2019t use the word incompetence on him because, first and foremost, I\u2019m not a coach. I\u2019m only a minister who loves the game and who analyses it. <\/p>\n

\u201cIf I had been a coach before, other coaches could describe whether he\u2019s competent or not, but I\u2019m not a coach, so I will not say so. But I am not satisfied. That\u2019s all that I\u2019m seeking to say.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Minister admitted that watching the Black Stars has been nerve-racking for him, even during victories.<\/p>\n

\u201cYes, he\u2019s qualified, but I know I have sat on some hooks and nails and things that were pointing me to get up in the past. I\u2019ve had to get up to use the washroom a number of times by force,\u201d he said, adding that he still cannot call Otto Addo incompetent.<\/p>\n

Asked directly if Otto Addo is the right man to lead Ghana to the World Cup, Mr Adams said it was too early to answer.<\/p>\n

\u201cWell, I can\u2019t answer that question now. If I answer the question now, then I will be kind of creating a situation. Maybe you have some people who say they want another person, and you have others who say they want him. <\/p>\n

\u201cThen, if I answered this question now, I would have been creating a problem. We still have games ahead of us. There\u2019s a game we haven\u2019t finished.\u201d<\/p>\n

He clarified that the decision on whether Otto Addo stays or goes does not lie with him as Minister.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe minister doesn\u2019t take those decisions. The minister will receive briefings. The minister will analyse the briefings. The minister will not take that decision alone. There\u2019s a federation that we have handed over our national team to manage, which is the Ghana Football Association. <\/p>\n

\u201cThey have a role to play, and so I cannot sit here when we haven\u2019t had that conversation to be talking about whether we are retaining or dismissing the coach. I can\u2019t go into that realm.\u201d<\/p>\n

Pressed further on whether a decision still needs to be made regarding who leads the team to the World Cup, Mr Adams replied, \u201cWell, there are decisions to be made every day, including even who plays and who doesn\u2019t play. There are decisions to be made in the coaching, nutrition, and physiotherapy departments.\u201d<\/p>\n

His remarks come as the Black Stars stand just one point away from qualifying for the 2026 FIFA World Cup after their emphatic 5\u20130 victory over the Central African Republic in Morocco. <\/p>\n

The win saw Ghana maintain a three-point lead at the top of Group I, driven by four second-half goals that reaffirmed their dominance \u2014 though, as the Minister stressed, not without lingering questions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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