Ghana fires coach Otto Addo after 4 straight losses in friendlies

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World Cup-bound Ghana fired coach Otto Addo yesterday less than three months before the team plays against England and Croatia.

The firing came hours after a 2-1 loss to Germany in Stuttgart on Monday that was Ghana’s fourth straight loss in warmup games including 5-1 to Austria last Friday.

“The Ghana Football Association have parted ways with the head coach of the senior men’s national team (Black Stars), Otto Addo effective immediately,” it said in a statement posted in the early hours of Tuesday.

It is the secondn time this month that an African team going to the World Cup has changed the coach who was in charge at the 2022 edition in Qatar. Morocco appointed Mohamed Ouahbi to replaced Walid Regragui who took the team to the semifinals four years ago.

The Ghana federation gave no details on who will replace Addo and lead the team at its fifth World Cup appearance in six editions.

Addo coached the Black Stars on an interim basis for much of 2022, including at the World Cup in Qatar. Ghana beat South Korea but lost to Portugal and Uruguay so was eliminated in the group stage. MDT/AP