Former Ghana midfielder Laryea Kingston has advised Otto Addo to take a more attacking approach with the Black Stars ahead of their 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) journey.
The Black Stars were drawn in Group F alongside Sudan, who have former Ghana coach Kwesi Appiah in their ranks, Angola and Niger. The two teams with the most points in the group will book a place in Morocco 2025.
Laryea, who keenly watched the draw unfold, believes an attacking approach is more suitable for his team as compared to a pragmatic one.
“Looking at Otto Addo’s last two games with the Black Stars, we got very good results. I think he should still stick to his plan. I know a lot of people were not happy with the performance [against Mali and CAR]. I know that performance is very key. If you are performing well, there is a chance you can win games but if you are not performing well and winning games, it is a plus but going forward how can you keep playing not-so-good football and get results out of it? It is an area that Otto has to look at,” Kingston tells 3Sports.
“He should come into the game making sure that he dominates play and gets results for us so the approach should be simple; trying to perform well and give the country the results. He shouldn’t put too much pressure on himself. The results of the last two games should give him confidence but then again when you flip it, you look at the performance, especially in the first half [it wasn’t great].”
“The first half in the last two games wasn’t so good but in the second half you could see the transformation in their play so I think he should approach the next games by coming out [to attack] and play ball [like the second half of last two games],” he concluded.
Laryea Kingston managed the Black Starlets during the WAFU U17 championship earlier this year but resigned after their semi-final defeat to Burkina Faso.
