Having failed to win the AFCON in the last three editions despite making it to the semi-finals, Ghana midfielder Mubarak Wakaso has revealed the Black Stars are under pressure to win the tournament.

The Deportivo Alaves midfielder claims the expectations of Ghanaians to see the Black Stars win the AFCON is at its zenith and puts them under huge pressure to rise to the occasion.

He added that their feat of getting to the semi-finals of the tournament in the last six editions of the AFCON makes the Black Stars favourites to reach the last four in Egypt in June.

And for their failure to win it, Wakaso believes that the team is automatically under pressure to lift the trophy in Egypt.

“Automatically we have to be under pressure because for the past three AFCONS, we get to the semi-final or the final and we don’t win.

“We have always gone to the AFCON to bring the trophy but we come home without it. So we are under pressure to lift it,” he added.

The Black Stars have been to the semi-finals of the AFCON since 2008 but have failed to lay hands on the trophy despite coming close to lifting it in 2010 and 2015.