3 Reasons Why The Ghana Black Stars Couldn't Advance From The Group Stages.

The Ghana Black Stars could have easily made it to the round of 16 and even further if they had worked as a team and avoided many of their distractions.
Even before the start of the tournament, many Ghanaians remained skeptical on the chances of qualification from the group stages (Group of Death), but the performance from the Black Stars brought hope until the misfortunes started.
The Black Stars lost two matches and drew one, which lead to their early and record-breaking exit from the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil.
Below are three reasons analysts believe caused the unexpected exit from the competition.

• Desire to Impress the World

Clearly, a number of the players developed a selfish attitude of playing. It was as though they were exhibiting their skills during a training session, instead of a World Cup competition. An example is the Jordan Ayew incident against Germany. Even though he was positioned for a clear shot, a pass to Asamoah Gyan would have yielded a better result.

• Distractions From Team Management

GBC reporter (Owusu Bempah) said " they were looking tired in the game because they were counting their monies in the evening( i.e $100,000).". It was evident from the performance of several players like John Boye (created an own goal) and Fatau Dauda ( gave a free ball to Christiano Ronaldo). Their concentration was clearly off the pitch, which led to two goals from the Portuguese side.

• Sulley Ali Muntari's Exit

Sulley Muntari has undoubtedly being one of the best players in the Black Stars. Even before he was sacked indefinitely from the Black Stars from an alleged attack on a management member, he couldn't have played against Portugal because he got two yellow cards from previous matches against U.S.A and Germany. Many analysts believe that the Black Stars could have achieved a better result if he had played

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