The Serbian believes he did not have enough time to work on his preferred tactics and formations with the players
Ghana coach Milovan Rajevac has been fuming over the past few days following what he believes is a bad preparation due to FIFA’s new directives to allow players join their respective countries on seven days to 2021 Africa Cup of Nations kick off.
According to the Serbian, that decision has hindered his plans as he is now left with few days to go through the tactics and formations he intends to adopt at the tournament.
“Unfortunately this decision from FIFA to allow players to stay in their clubs in this period affected our plans for the preparation since most of the time we didn’t have many players to work with,” Milovan told GFA’s media.
“During many training sessions we had seven or eight players and three goalkeepers so it’s very difficult to do some tactical work to prepare the team the way we planned in the beginning.
“Even today we had like 13 players and 4 goalkeepers. Tonight few of them will arrive so definitely it affected but it affected the other teams as well. So this was not a usual preparation for a big competition because usual preparation you have two weeks to work with the full team.
“This was totally different. Let’s hope that everything will be okay at the tournament. We’re gathering, we have a good atmosphere so let’s hope everything will be okay,” he added.
Ghana, who are chasing their first major trophy since winning the Africa Cup of Nations in 1982, were humiliated 3-0 by Algeria in a friendly on Wednesday at the Education Stadium in Doha, Qatar.
The Black Stars will play their first game of the Afcon on Monday against Morocco before they take on Gabon four days later.
