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Former Bofoakwa Tano FC attacker Baffour Gyimah has said he nearly went mad after being dropped from Ghana U-17 squad for the 1999 FIFA World Cup in New Zealand.
Gyimah was an integral member of the squad for the qualifiers but was dropped from the final squad for the main tournament in New Zealand.
According to him, he nearly went mad after coach Cecil Jones Attuquayfio dropped him from the final squad.
“It’s about time our leaders put their selfish gains aside and think about the country. When the coach [Jones Attuquayefio] revealed his final squad I realized my name was not part so I was caught in deep shock. I bent down my head and started crying. By the time I raised my head, the players I was friends with in camp couldn’t believe it and I saw the disappointment on their faces,” Gyimah disclosed to Jeffries Sintim Koree Chaskele on Television CK.
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“I cried like a baby because I did’t expect that I was going to be dropped. The Director came to ask me about the time we’ll be departing for the tournament, but I couldn’t answer. He was the reason I even cried more because the next thing that came out of his mouth that ‘oh Ghana’. He stood there for about five minutes as he was in deep shock.”
“Had God not intervened like I’d have gone mad because I was so hurt.”
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