{"id":12214,"date":"2022-01-04T07:55:49","date_gmt":"2022-01-04T07:55:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/?p=12214"},"modified":"2022-01-04T07:57:58","modified_gmt":"2022-01-04T07:57:58","slug":"win-the-afcon-or-refund-the-money-put-in-the-team-guinean-president-to-the-national-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/?p=12214","title":{"rendered":"Win the AFCON or refund the money put in the team \u2013 Guinean president to the national team"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><br><br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"477\" src=\"http:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Cleansheet.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12215\" srcset=\"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Cleansheet.jpg 720w, https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Cleansheet-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><figcaption><strong>Win the AFCON or refund the money put in the team \u2013 Guinean president to the national team<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;probably have ever heard of how Ugandan president Idi Amin in the 1970\u2019s allegedly used to threaten sportsmen to return as winners or seek citizenship elsewhere if they lost.<br>True or false Ugandan sportsmen really performed well in that era, however it\u2019s in the 21st century and somewhere in West Africa, a certain country\u2019s national team will play under pressure after being threatened by the President.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Guinea Conakry\u2019s football team the Syli Nacional was told by the interim president Colonel Mamady Doumbouya&nbsp;to either win the AFCON or refund the money injected into the team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><strong><em>\u201cThe cup, or you reimburse the money that\u2019s been invested in you,\u201d he said to the team at their sending off meeting<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p><p><\/p><p><\/p><p><br>Guinea will be playing in their 13th edition of the AFCON and will be led by Liverpool midfielder Naby Keita.<br>The country has never won the trophy and are no where near favorites but this is not to be bought by Colonel Doumbouya.<br>They will be looking to do a Zambia shocker of 2011 when they won the AFCON against a star studded Ivory Coast.<br>The farthest they have ever gone was in 1976 when they were runners up.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"http:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/AFCON-GROUPS.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12218\" srcset=\"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/AFCON-GROUPS.jpg 640w, 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