Akwasi Appiah: My Next Target Is To Win AFCON

Akwasi Appiah wants to win the Africa Cup of Nations as a coach haven been part of the last Ghana team that clinched the coveted trophy in 1982. The 52-year-old led the Black Stars to qualify for the next edition of the tournament after beating Malawi 1-0 on Saturday to proceed on a 3-0 aggregate scoreline. Ghana has struggled to get close to the title since winning it in 1982 � the closest the Black Stars have come was getting to the grand finale in 2010 only to miss out to a more experienced Egyptian side. But coach Appiah wants to end the over 30-year wait haven met his first target of qualifying the nation to the tournament. �Being a coach my ambition was to try and qualify the nation to the Cup of Nations,� he said. �Now we will do our best to repeat what we were able to do in 1982.� Ghana finished a disappointing fourth last term in Gabon and Equatorial Guinea after starting the competition as pre-tournament favourites. They are again being one of the teams being touted to annex the title next year in South Africa.