Pele was part of the Ghana team that won the Nations Cup in 1982 when he was 16.
"Ghana have always been one of the strongest in the Nations Cup so I believe that Ghana is always going to play that seniority role in the tournament," he told Metro TV.
"The coach has done his homework, and the technical men have made their choices. They have won a couple of friendly matches (scoring 7 goals in 2 games) and have given the country a lot of hope and confidence so we are keeping our fingers crossed hoping it goes well for them."
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Pele, who played for Ghana 73 times and is considered the greatest football player in his country's history, warns the team against complacency.
"Football on the continent is not easy these days, the fact that Cameroon and Egypt didn't qualify tells a lot.
"We should be careful and attach a lot of seriousness to the matches and with the talents in camp, I am sure they will make an impact," he adds.
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can u survive the group stage? that should be the case. the rest is history.
WITH GOD ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE!!!
This is a very powerful message that he gave me and I am here sending this to the National Team amidst all pessimism propagated by the so called soccer pundits.
The fact that people are criticising the National team, means that the team has something special, that is why they talk about it so much.
Today’s piece is entirely dedicated to the National team and I hope to be brief and straight to the point.
I have heard that people have already foreseen who is going to beat who, and how we are going to struggle against certain teams, but from my side, as a professional soccer player, I want to tell everyone in the National Team, to be proud of themselves and never be apologetic when the referee blows that whistle for kick off in the match against Cape Verde.
Football is played over 90 minutes and the team that wants to win the most, eventually walks away with the victory.
I bet that there was a person in this earth that predicted Zambia to win the Afcon last year – not even the Zambians left their country thinking that they would win the tournament. They believed they could challenge for the title and went about doing their business till they eventually won the title.
So, to Bafana Bafana, shut your ears to things that do not edify the team, welcome positive thinking and go to the field and fight for your country, your family and yourself.
Those who criticise us, know that we have a huge potential as a team – their eyes are on us, and that is why they all bought tickets to watch Bafana play on Saturday.
Let’s be positive as a Nation and support the boys on Saturday.
This is all for today.
Until next time.
Lucky ‘Phinda Mzala’ Lekgwathi.
Yebo!!! Datz exactly what our boys shud do be soldiers fight for their country...no one ever predicted dat Greece wud win EURO 04'...I'm sure everyone wrote them off...football is an unpredictable game, that is the reason Y we love it so much...
We are behind Bafana Bafana, nd behind the success of the AFCON tournament...hopefully it will be one of the best
“Where the willingness is great, the difficulties
cannot be great. ”
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PELE u need good jokes to be a comedian... hahahaha
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