Executive Council member of the Ghana Football Association (GFA),Tony Aubynn believes that the Black Stars are not currently prepared to win the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON).
Ghana, a four-time champion of the tournament, last lifted the continental trophy in 1982 during the event held in Libya. Since then, they have reached the finals on three occasions but were unable to secure victory.
They suffered penalty shootout defeats to Ivory Coast in 1992 and 2015 and were defeated 1-0 by Egypt in 2010.
In recent years, Ghana’s performance in AFCON has declined.
Despite previously making six consecutive semi-final appearances, they experienced disappointment by being eliminated in the round of 16 in the 2019 edition.
Their most recent AFCON campaign saw their worst-ever performance as they failed to advance beyond the group stage.
Tony Aubynn believes it is about time the nation admitted the team’s weaknesses and built on a long-term project.
According to him, it will be a dishonest target to aim to win the tournament anytime soon.
“We have talented players in Europe and in our local league but I wonder if we have a team.
“What we need to do as a country is to lower our expectations as Ghanaians and then build from the base.
“If we still believe we are good enough to beat Brazil or win Afcon at this level of our team, then we will be deceiving ourselves,” he told Akoma FM.
“If we win it’s fine but we need to build just as Senegal, Morocco and the rest have done in recent years now.