Match Report: Japan beat Black Stars in 2025 Kirin Cup

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Black Stars 3 weeks ago

This is no News. It was known in advance. Since 1992 Black Stars has never been good. How many years now? Disgrace all over

This is no News. It was known in advance. Since 1992 Black Stars has never been good. How many years now? Disgrace all over
Since 2015 3 weeks ago

1963, gold.
1965, gold.
1968, silver.
1970, silver.
1978, gold.
1982, gold.

1992, SILVER.
2008, bronze.
2010, SILVER.
2015, SILVER.

Since 2015, they've not been good.

1963, gold.
1965, gold.
1968, silver.
1970, silver.
1978, gold.
1982, gold.

1992, SILVER.
2008, bronze.
2010, SILVER.
2015, SILVER.

Since 2015, they've not been good.
Kweku Tsin 3 weeks ago

The Black Stars, individually, and as a team played like a bunch of sheep bending to the will of the small statured Japanese with back passes. Stop making excuses for the club-bench-warmer, Kwasi Sibo. He, and some of your vi ...
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The Black Stars, individually, and as a team played like a bunch of sheep bending to the will of the small statured Japanese with back passes. Stop making excuses for the club-bench-warmer, Kwasi Sibo. He, and some of your village champions you promote have no depth to compete at this level. He was exposed because he cannot hide behind Partey for his brownie points..
Beloved Ghana 3 weeks ago

Couldn't the Black Stars have slowed down the play against their Japan opponents who are used to running about like untiring machines ?

Rather, we unwittingly played into their hands, 'into their legs', by continuously at ...
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Couldn't the Black Stars have slowed down the play against their Japan opponents who are used to running about like untiring machines ?

Rather, we unwittingly played into their hands, 'into their legs', by continuously attempting to mimic their robotic style.
Beloved Ghana 3 weeks ago

Reducing the tempo of the game could have disoriented and confused the Japanese.

Reducing the tempo of the game could have disoriented and confused the Japanese.
GH8 3 weeks ago

That Kwasi Sibo guy I really don't understand what he is doing in the BS. Last week I watched his team Real Oviedo in La Liga match. He came on as 83rd minute substitute and within 2 minutes he has conspired to cheaply give a ...
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That Kwasi Sibo guy I really don't understand what he is doing in the BS. Last week I watched his team Real Oviedo in La Liga match. He came on as 83rd minute substitute and within 2 minutes he has conspired to cheaply give away to possession all leading to his opponents taking a shot at his goal post. He was just lucky on both occasions the ball went over the ball.
The guy is simply not good enough to play for BS.
In today's match the last 20 minutes was just mismatch. The Japanese were just playing the ball amongst themselves whist our players were chasing after their opponents shadow. And they had 2 or 3 good chances that they should have added to their tally.
Kke 3 weeks ago

Kwasi Sibo is good enough to play for BS(Bull Shit)

Kwasi Sibo is good enough to play for BS(Bull Shit)
AGYAAKU, USA 3 weeks ago

It is all about some big guys promoting their players. What at all has KWASI SIBO showcased to convince the coach? Is he the best among all Ghanaian midfielders? Coach Addo is the problem. The next is The GFA chairman who is ...
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It is all about some big guys promoting their players. What at all has KWASI SIBO showcased to convince the coach? Is he the best among all Ghanaian midfielders? Coach Addo is the problem. The next is The GFA chairman who is keeping him. The Black Stars won't win any match at the world cup with the try and error project. WASTE OF MONEY.
Nktt 3 weeks ago

Disgrace everywhere Black Stars goes

Disgrace everywhere Black Stars goes
EBBY 3 weeks ago

It’s deja vous all over again. This stinking attitude of Black Stars players pulling out of games when they want is rearing its head again. Most of the first team players feel entitled and as such attach no importance to fr ...
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It’s deja vous all over again. This stinking attitude of Black Stars players pulling out of games when they want is rearing its head again. Most of the first team players feel entitled and as such attach no importance to friendly games meant to prepare them mentally for the World Cup. Why did most of the first team players sat out from this game? This is not the first time. Most Black Stars players don’t feel committed to playing with their whole heart for the country. Trust me, this attitude and mentality will definitely follow them into the World Cup where they are bound to fall miserably unless stringent efforts are made to combat this lackadaisical attitude from the players.
TG 3 weeks ago

This just reinforces my point about more dual nationals switching nationality to play for us because you see how we lost to Japan just now? If we had people like Nketiah, Hudson Odoi, Lavia, Owusu-Odoro, etc. We would have ha ...
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This just reinforces my point about more dual nationals switching nationality to play for us because you see how we lost to Japan just now? If we had people like Nketiah, Hudson Odoi, Lavia, Owusu-Odoro, etc. We would have had enough depth where we could have competed
Ck 3 weeks ago

we would have beaten them but who am I to cry?

we would have beaten them but who am I to cry?
Avogadro 3 weeks ago

All those players you mentioned are not even 'go to guys' in their respective clubs; Nketia is a bench warmer at CP and comes in the game around the 75th minute. He has scored one goal this season; some striker! Hudson-Odoi ...
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All those players you mentioned are not even 'go to guys' in their respective clubs; Nketia is a bench warmer at CP and comes in the game around the 75th minute. He has scored one goal this season; some striker! Hudson-Odoi is another bench warmer at Forest; when he was good and playing for Chelsea, he didn't want to play for Bayern or the Black Stars. Now you want us to go and take these players to WC? Ghana should not be the place where under-achievers get their WC dreams fulfilled!
Kwabena Badu 3 weeks ago

Do you people think Japan is central African Republic or Chad. I said said we are only good against weak African competition and people say I am unpatriotic. Ghana football both national and club play week competition and are ...
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Do you people think Japan is central African Republic or Chad. I said said we are only good against weak African competition and people say I am unpatriotic. Ghana football both national and club play week competition and are surprised when they age mates beat them. Ghana is supposed to be having yearly friendlies with Senegal, Morocco, and Ivory Coast just like at club level Asante Kotoko and Accra Hearts of Oak are supposed to be have yearly friendlies with Mamelodi Sundowns, Al Ahly, and Esperance Tunis and not cheap Division 1 Ghana Clubs like Ebusua Dwarfs and Dabo Football Academy. We play week competition to console ourselves. VILLAGE Champions nkoa.
Kweku Tsin 3 weeks ago

That is not fair because most of our starting line-up against CAR was not in Japan. I don't even care about the score line. But i care about how we played as a team. The optics were poor and tactically awful. The midfield was ...
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That is not fair because most of our starting line-up against CAR was not in Japan. I don't even care about the score line. But i care about how we played as a team. The optics were poor and tactically awful. The midfield was wide open, suffocating the supply line.
Christian 3 weeks ago

My.friend ,no excuse please

My.friend ,no excuse please
Maubs 3 weeks ago

Otto Addo football is not always about systems and testing and only technical but about humans, players and the beautiful game. Why so complicated? Announcing team hey, announcing squad even for friendly hey, selecting player ...
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Otto Addo football is not always about systems and testing and only technical but about humans, players and the beautiful game. Why so complicated? Announcing team hey, announcing squad even for friendly hey, selecting players hey, system of play hey? Back pass to keeper all the way. No ball progression and no hurriedness by defenders. Otto sets team to play without the ball, not to force issue, fast counter or be aggressive in attack. Very horrible to watch the death of the beautiful game. Football without soul
Kweku Tsin 3 weeks ago

Yes, Otto overthinks every process with no end. Contrary to what some of you think, i don't think every player he calls has to Automatically be in the lineup. No need for a player to go further, if he checked him out in train ...
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Yes, Otto overthinks every process with no end. Contrary to what some of you think, i don't think every player he calls has to Automatically be in the lineup. No need for a player to go further, if he checked him out in training, and the player
was awful.
Abikilee 3 weeks ago

Remember we don’t have our key prayers in this squad. So don’t make that comparison. If Japan gave their key players and we don’t have, what do you expect. Games like this, we suppose to have our key prayers to serve as ...
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Remember we don’t have our key prayers in this squad. So don’t make that comparison. If Japan gave their key players and we don’t have, what do you expect. Games like this, we suppose to have our key prayers to serve as a good experience. No need for further experimentation.
Kojo 3 weeks ago

Bro, u are right. For How long did Coach Addo want to experiment?
Obviously this always reflect in FIFA ranking which will also affect us in grouping or FIFA decision making

Bro, u are right. For How long did Coach Addo want to experiment?
Obviously this always reflect in FIFA ranking which will also affect us in grouping or FIFA decision making
PITO 3 weeks ago

We may embarrass ourselves at the World Cup. The teams we are going to face don’t forgive errors like Japan did for us today. Our Keepers play with the ball at the back, wingers pass back and don’t cross quickly or cut in ...
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We may embarrass ourselves at the World Cup. The teams we are going to face don’t forgive errors like Japan did for us today. Our Keepers play with the ball at the back, wingers pass back and don’t cross quickly or cut in, midfielders are hesitating their passes and not supporting each one, strikers are defending too much they don’t goal poach. Brazil or Portugal will kill us if we don’t get it right. They players are blind to each other.
Derek 3 weeks ago

It was written already that we'll lose,so this no news ghanaweb.we don't have a coach and our FA is corrupt so how do we progress.Bunch of fools

It was written already that we'll lose,so this no news ghanaweb.we don't have a coach and our FA is corrupt so how do we progress.Bunch of fools
Datus 3 weeks ago

Useless friendly, you use games like this to build cohesiveness with your team and introduce new players gradually. But you let all your core players sit at home and play like school boys is embarrassing.

Useless friendly, you use games like this to build cohesiveness with your team and introduce new players gradually. But you let all your core players sit at home and play like school boys is embarrassing.
Robert 3 weeks ago

Remember Japan is the first team to qualify for the world cup. We need our best players to match them my people.

Remember Japan is the first team to qualify for the world cup. We need our best players to match them my people.
AAA+ 3 weeks ago

Almost a decade this coach never have 11 strong eleven like BS used to have 2006-2011.

Always trying new players.

Instead of rehearsing strong 11 with strong bench, this coach will keep doing Matra makwe and at end dis ...
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Almost a decade this coach never have 11 strong eleven like BS used to have 2006-2011.

Always trying new players.

Instead of rehearsing strong 11 with strong bench, this coach will keep doing Matra makwe and at end disgrace mother ghana, afterall, only be sacked and weak leaders will bring him back just be wasting taxpayers money.
Weed smoker 3 weeks ago

The 2006 - 2015 generation was Ghana's absolut peak in terms of Blackstars squad. This team which included great players like Stephen Appiah, Sulley Muntari, KP Boateng, Essien, Asamoah Gyan, Young Dede Ayew, Jonathan Mensah, ...
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The 2006 - 2015 generation was Ghana's absolut peak in terms of Blackstars squad. This team which included great players like Stephen Appiah, Sulley Muntari, KP Boateng, Essien, Asamoah Gyan, Young Dede Ayew, Jonathan Mensah, Agyemang Badu, Harrison Afful, Richard Kingston and Wakaso were capable of beating not only Japan but any opponent in the world no matter what coach had been on the sideline. In the current generation we only have 2 or 3 (at max)good-ish players namely Partey and Kudus. the problem have started when ghanaians demanded local coaches and villagers as technical staff by any means and also the young upcoming talents turned down offers from clubs outside of the premier league.They all want to play EPL or nothing now but if you look closely - only very few Ghanaians have managed to be succesful in the EPL as the league is known to be a career killer especially for africans or non english players e.G Christian Atsu. They go there thinking they will be given warm welcome and that they have time to adapt and develop like in bundesliga serie a or la liga only to end up in a loanee program and eventually play for karabach in the azerbaijani league in just one transfer period. these are just some of our major problems in football but Ghana, as a country, of course face many many other deeply rooted problems with the biggest being corruption amongst our greedy leaders
Kojo S.AFRICA 3 weeks ago

The game was horrible to watch, back pass specialist.

The game was horrible to watch, back pass specialist.
Moniker 3 weeks ago

The day Gideon Mensah did not play we have almost the entire team passing the ball backwards as if they were afraid of the Japanese.Meanwhile the person we accuse of passing the ball backwards was on the bench.Is that hate o ...
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The day Gideon Mensah did not play we have almost the entire team passing the ball backwards as if they were afraid of the Japanese.Meanwhile the person we accuse of passing the ball backwards was on the bench.Is that hate or what.
Opk fast money 3 weeks ago

Semenyo is not good for black stars I will always say that

Semenyo is not good for black stars I will always say that
Christian 3 weeks ago

I wonder why nations keep inviting us for friendly matches because we offer nothing.

I wonder why nations keep inviting us for friendly matches because we offer nothing.
Kwame 3 weeks ago

The black stars need a real coach not a scout coach

The black stars need a real coach not a scout coach
Weed smoker 3 weeks ago

Otto Addo has succesfully qualified Ghana twice for the WC, name me any other ghanaian coach who did that? Addo at least, holds a real coaching certificat and have learned under professionals from a professional club like Bo ...
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Otto Addo has succesfully qualified Ghana twice for the WC, name me any other ghanaian coach who did that? Addo at least, holds a real coaching certificat and have learned under professionals from a professional club like Borussia Dortmund, where he is loved and has made a name for himself contrary to Fatau Dauda and John Painsil who just had a stint with RTD or any other of our local teams. When do ghanaians realize tha appart from addo we have never been blessed with competent local coaches? Can you Name me 3 local coaches, from present days, better than Addo?
Amanoquestion7 3 weeks ago

It is not our players who are the problem, The coach is tactically bankrupt. Sine he join blacks as a coach not played with consistent players,always experiment new players who meet themselves a day or two before a mat ...
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It is not our players who are the problem, The coach is tactically bankrupt. Sine he join blacks as a coach not played with consistent players,always experiment new players who meet themselves a day or two before a match,how do you expect them to understand themselves
Kwaku 3 weeks ago

90 mini5ex five short at goal with only one on target. How do you expect to win compared with Japan ten shots and five on target. We were very weak in all departments of the game: defense, minefield and attack.
We have a lo ...
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90 mini5ex five short at goal with only one on target. How do you expect to win compared with Japan ten shots and five on target. We were very weak in all departments of the game: defense, minefield and attack.
We have a long way to. It will be dry shameful if we exit WC from group stages. You have ample time to prepare so please do your home work properly
Thanks
Kojo 3 weeks ago

We were very poor in this match! We cannot compete at this level with the kind of display today. We kept losing the ball, couldn't keep it and had no antidote to Japan's pressing game! We only tried moving forward after we we ...
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We were very poor in this match! We cannot compete at this level with the kind of display today. We kept losing the ball, couldn't keep it and had no antidote to Japan's pressing game! We only tried moving forward after we were 2 goals down and that in itself is bad. Why do you have to go down by 2 goals before you start to react? We should be better prepared otherwise we wouldn't go past the preliminary rounds in the World Cup! I'm very disappointed about our style of play!!
Truth Table 3 weeks ago

Say this prayer if you have decided to accept Jesus as your Lord and Saviour.

Dear Heavenly Father,
I admit that I have done things that are against your will for me. Please forgive me for my sins. I believe in my heart t ...
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Say this prayer if you have decided to accept Jesus as your Lord and Saviour.

Dear Heavenly Father,
I admit that I have done things that are against your will for me. Please forgive me for my sins. I believe in my heart that Jesus died and rose again to take away my sin. And I declare Jesus Christ as my Lord and Saviour. . Please fill me with your Holy Spirit. Thank you for saving me and thank you for hearing my prayer. . In Jesus' name. Amen.. .. ..
Adjetey 3 weeks ago

Take this cup to console us too problem ooo black ampa

Take this cup to console us too problem ooo black ampa
Maubs 3 weeks ago

Otto Addo did you scout Japan properly? If you did then why continue to encourage slow build up football? Why are our defenders too slow to pass a ball? We had so many counter attack opportunities but we had no plan and kept ...
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Otto Addo did you scout Japan properly? If you did then why continue to encourage slow build up football? Why are our defenders too slow to pass a ball? We had so many counter attack opportunities but we had no plan and kept losing the ball. We did not have Kudus and Ayew to hold and draw fouls which it seems the only way Otto Addo knows to progress the ball so no plan B. The way Otto sets up team gives our opponents even Comoros too much respect. We don’t hurry to take the game to teams. Otto Addo talks too much tactics and systems but don’t know how to let players breathe easy or play the fast tempo that Bournemouth and others play. Ireland beat Portugal with heart and tempo so why this slow paced game is something else. Otto Addo you like grinding game too too much

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Match Report: Japan beat Black Stars in 2025 Kirin Cup

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