Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin has expressed dissatisfaction with Otto Addo’s tactics in Ghana’s 2-1 defeat to Germany in Monday’s pre-World Cup friendly.
Bagbin believes Addo made some of his substitutions way too late, something he described as unpardonable, while saying he was shocked to hear the coach was fired barely two months before the World Cup.
“This cannot be Ghana,” Bagbin said at the launch of the 2026 Democracy Cup in Parliament on Wednesday, adding, “I was actually surprised when I heard that the coach was axed.
“Yes, there are some mistakes he made. Being myself a football coach, I mean, you can’t explain why you making substitutions with one minute left. When you’ve been a goal down for quite a long time and when it was visible that the center was no holding.”
“This is unpardonable. You only do that when you want to manage time and you are leading. When you are leading, you are winning. Then get into the last minute, you manage time and use that to change and disorganie your opponent.
“So by the time they get up, time is up and then you win. Me, I’ve played football before. When you have a short striker in front of you, the first measure is the speed of that striker as against the defenders.
“Then you know how to spin the ball and which direction to spin the ball for that striker to go and pick. What happened yesterday is no coaching. I’m telling you.”
‘What happened yesterday was not coaching. This is unpardonable.’
“Tactical” Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin lectures Otto Addo on how he should have coached against Germany #JoySports pic.twitter.com/v6f31ZHOZz
— #JoySports (@JoySportsGH) March 31, 2026
Otto Addo was fired hours after a 2-1 defeat to Germany in a friendly in Stuttgart, which followed a 5-1 thrashing against Austria three days earlier.
Addo’s dismissal was confirmed after a crunch meeting involving Sports Minister Kofi Adams, Ghana Football Association President Kurt Okraku, and Executive Council members.
