Former Ghana U17 captain Emmanuel Bentil has revealed how the use of black power affected players on the Ecuador 95 squad.
According to the ex-Bayern Munich player, several members of that victorious team went on to fail in their careers because they never paid homage to the marine spirits.
He made a shocking revelation about the victorious Black Starlets team in 1995, revealing how several players from that team failed to reach their full potential after their success in Ecuador.
Awudu Issaka, Baba Sule, and Stephen Appiah were among the top players on the team that defeated Brazil in the final to win Ghana's second U17 World Cup. Bentil revealed to Lifestyle TV how the team consulted marine spirits to help them win the cup.
"We went to specific locations for rituals in order to win games." I recall playing monchendi (a highly competitive local football game in the 1980s and 1990s in which teams and individuals stake bets on the outcome of matches) in Chorkor, an Accra suburb. "We used to go to the beach around midnight; at 1 a.m. or 2 a.m.," he explained.
The entire team was required to go there and pray. They will pray and summon the saints, and occasionally you will hear noises and something will emerge from the sea, "like maame water (mermaid)," he added.
The former Bayern Munich prodigy also explained that many players on that team suffered career-threatening injuries because they failed to express gratitude to a certain spiritual leader known as Acquah Isaacs. Stephen Appiah, Awudu Issaka, Christian Atta Gyan, Attakora Amaniampong, Abu Iddrisu, and Charles Allotey were among those he mentioned.
Ghana won the FIFA U17 World Cup for the second time in Ecuador in 1995, defeating Brazil in the final in Quito.
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