Football fans in Kumasi have staged a boycott of training sessions of the Black Stars, ahead of their 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Uganda at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium, Kumasi, on Saturday.
The boycott is a protest to the poor performance of the team at the prestigious FIFA World Cup tournament hosted by Brazil. The Stars have been training in a virtually empty stadium, an unusual habit with football fans in the Garden City.
Only a handful of people are seen at their training sessions and those, who spoke to the GNA Sport, said there was no motivation to watch the team play.
�We are disappointed in the team. I think the players are just being pampered and this is getting the better of them to the detriment of the team�s overall development�, Zugah Davids, a member of the Millennium Supporters Union of Ghana, said.
He criticized the players for being unpatriotic and vowed not to be present at stadium on Saturday. Alhaji Osman Yahya, another fan said it was time the footballers got it right and showed total commitment to lift the flag of the nation high.
�The indiscipline simply needs to end, we have had enough of that�, he added. Yaw Owusu, a former player of Kumasi Cornerstones, however, encouraged the team to remain focused, play with passion and subdue whatever challenge the Ugandans might present.
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