Sankofa Series: The Tlemcen Disaster, the game that ‘killed’ Abukari Damba and Ghana’s 1994 World Cup hopes

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  • van-ess 7 months ago

    blame the 'cheating' Algerians, no fair play. the referee should have stopped the match!

  • P Djamgbe 7 months ago

    We, the youth of Ghana say YES to LGBT and same sex marriage. LGBT is part of Ghanaian culture.

  • Joshua 7 months ago

    Ghanaians always focusing on the past. Nonsense what are we currently doing useless people

  • Kenzee 7 months ago

    @ Josh, we discuss the past in order to correct the future. So those who don’t reflect on the past are likely to make mistakes in future.

  • Kwaku Mensa 7 months ago

    Damba should blame Abedi who masterminded the dropping of Salifu Ansah for Damba who was his substitute because Abedi wanted a foreign contract for Damba,you see how Providence works?a lesson to all.Reason Abedi never won AFC ...
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  • Eoco Office 7 months ago

    You see how dirty jealousy and stupid gossiping has turned you into an animal..????? Kwaseato konkonte, did Abedi not win the Afcon in 1982? Or it was your father who was wearing Abedi's jersey at the time?

  • Randy 7 months ago

    We were all surprised to see Damba in post for that crucial away match. Salifu Ansah, of course was the best goalkeeper, and he was put on the bench. Reason ?? We learned later that the CAPTAIN Abedi Pele had influenced the ...
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  • Africanus 7 months ago

    CORRECTION
    1. It did not rain before the match. Tha Algerian authorities deliberately Watered the Pitch to make it Soggy to make ball control difficult for the Black Stars. It was a strategy they often used against Tough fo ...
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  • GH8 7 months ago

    I dont get something right here. If Ghana won the first leg 2:0 and we lost 2:1 in Algeria how come they qualified ahead of us?

  • Atinga 7 months ago

    That was the game and day I stopped following the Black Stars with my heart.

  • Buffalo 7 months ago

    Ghana what country is this

  • Kweku Tsin. 7 months ago

    The weather conditions as I remember in Tlemcen was highly unfavourable and that is why the match was shifted there. In fact it was close to winter conditions and I remember there were some misgivings about our gear that we u ...
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