Players and officials of the Black
Stars are stranded in their camping
base in Maceio after their painful first
round elimination from the ongoing
Brazil 2014 World Cup.
Players and officials of the Ghana
team were expected to leave Maceio
today for Ghana but failed to do so
due to flight difficulties.
According to a source close to the
team, the team is in a dilemma now
after an arrangement with a American
airline fell through.
The source said the FA in its
desperation sought the intervention
of Ethiopian Airlines who will likely
send one of its Boeing 787 aircrafts
to lift the entire team back home.
It revealed that as of today (Saturday)
FA officials were in talks with
Ethiopian Airlines over a chartered
flight to send the team home.
However, it is still not certain when
the team will finally arrive in Accra.
It was Ethiopian Airlines which
airlifted all the Ghanaian supporters
to Brazil to rally behind the Black
Stars.
The Stars have been revelling in their
$100,000 jackpot in camp since
Thursday after losing to Portugal.
The memorable celebration of their
delayed appearance fees by players
and officials of the Black Stars on
Wednesday night went viral on the
Internet but the Ghana team could not
wait to continue with the grand party
as they flew back straight to their
camping base in Maceio immediately
after their 1-2 defeat to Portugal in
Brasilia last Thursday.
The Stars earned so much without a
win in their third straight Wold Cup
after drawing 2-2 with Germany and
losing to both USA and Portugal by a
2-1 margin in Group G.
Disgraced Kevin-Prince Boateng was
the first to leave the Stars camp after
the announcement of his indefinite
suspension alongside Sulley Muntari
for sheer indiscipline.
Muntari, who reportedly followed suit
later on, was left in camp in shame
when his teammates were going to
play Portugal in Brasilia.
Muntari allegedly exchanged punches
with Black Stars Management
Committee member, Moses Armah,
aka Mospacka, during a meeting in
camp last Tuesday and subsequently
damaged the FA Committee member’s
three mobile phones and a new
laptop.
Boateng who had been unruly in
camp right from the start of the Brazil
2014 World Cup also ended up
exchanging words with Coach Kwasi
Appiah at training last Monday.
Source: Graphic Online
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