By Victor Kanayo
Ghana’s Black Stars Manager Otto Addo has resigned after his team failed to reach the last 16 stage of the ongoing 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
The African side crashed out of the global soccer fiesta on Friday December 2 after suffering a 0-2 defeat to the South American giant Uruguay.
Andre Ayew had a glorious opportunity to put the Black Stars in front but missed from the penalty spot.
Uruguay’s attacker scored twice in six minutes to hand his country maximum points but it wasn’t enough to take them into the round of 16.
Addo who is also the assistant coach of Borussia Dortmund announced his resignation after the game.
He said, “I always said if we qualified for the World Cup I’d resign afterwards, even if we were world champions.
“My family see our future in Germany.”
The 47-year-old former Ghana international replaced the sacked Milovan Rajevac in February, initially as interim boss, and was given a deal until the end of December.
Ghana beat South Korea in between defeats by Portugal and Uruguay – in Addo’s final game – to finish bottom of Group H.
“Football is beautiful, sometimes it is ugly. It is ugly for us today. We have to learn and I’m very sure we will learn from this in the future,” he said.
Addo was born in Hamburg to Ghanaian parents and has spent most of his playing and coaching career in Germany.
