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A Policy Analyst of the People's National Convention (PNC), Atik Mohammed, has said the senior national team, the Black Stars, was even lucky to have reached the semis due to their poor performance exhibited in this year�s AFCON. �They (Black Stars) did not play any impressive game since the commencement of the AFCON. All their wins were by luck. Technically, our team was bankrupt when we played Congo DR. Kwesi Appiah sometimes run out of ideas and that affects the team,� he said. �He was captured on camera sitting idle without any ideas whiles the match was on-going. He (Kwesi Appiah) shouts unnecessarily when it�s not needed,� he added. Speaking on PEACE FM�s �kokrokoo� programme Thursday morning, a day after Ghana�s defeat, Atik believes the team need to scout for competent players who are well determined to exhibit brilliant performances for the country since the current crop of players are performing poorly. �The teams� performance on the field of play was not serious, our midfield was loose and the coach did nothing about that, we were tactically bankrupt... from the beginning, the team did not do anything good. All our wins were luck. We had three penalties to reach the semi-finals; this shows how bad our team is,� he said. The outspoken PNC policy analyst also attributed the Stars poor semi-finals performance to the coach for some tactical changes he made in the team at the dying minutes of the game despite Tunisia referee Slim Jdidi�s biased judgment for the Stars. �The referee stole for Ghana, it was really sad, he is corrupt and a crook. You don�t need to work with FIFA to know the referee stole for Ghana. He disallowed a perfect goal and a penalty for the Burkina Bays. Our penalty wasn�t even a (clear) penalty. It was the referee plus Ghana against Burkina Faso,� he stressed. �I would have been the most disappointed person if Ghana had won the match,� he stated. Atik Mohamed also raised issues concerning the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation�s (GNPC�s) sponsoring of the Black Stars since it�s a state owned institution. �GNPC is a state institution�how can a state institution carry huge sums of money to the Black Stars all in the name of sponsorship?� he asked.