Sports News of Wednesday, 10 June 2020Source: happyghana.comSenegal 92: Anthony Yeboah couldn’t perform due to captaincy snub – Odartey LampteyFormer Ghana International, Nii Odartey LampteyFormer Ghana International, Nii Odartey Lamptey, has revealed that the decision to hand the captain’s armband to Anthony Baffoe during the 1992 Africa Cup of Nations final dampen the spirit of Anthony Yeboah who was supposed to replace the injured Abedi Pele as captain. Odartey Lamptey who was then one of the young players to have made the squad in an interview said that particular decision affected the team’s spirit ahead of the game. “I shared the same room with Anthony Yeboah and you could see the pain in his face. I was young and it was my first AFCON so I couldn’t advise and do anything influential. Ghana has suffered from captaincy row since 1992 which has hindered the nation’s chance of ending the 38-years AFCON title drought.
Source: GhanaWeb June 10, 2020 09:11 UTC