Laryea Kingston advises Otto Addo on Black Stars approach ahead AFCON 2025 qualifiers


Otto
Addo,
Black
Stars
coach

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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.