The Black Stars have successfully completed their fine tuning for tomorrow’s make or break encounter against the Warriors in the World Cup qualifiers
Ghana successfully held their final training session at the National Sports Stadium in Harare ahead of the return leg of the 2022 Fifa World Cup qualifiers against Zimbabwe on Tuesday.
The Black Stars defeated Zimbabwe 3-1 in the first leg on Saturday at the Cape Coast Sports Stadium and are hoping to complete a double over them in order to stand a realistic chance to make it to the mundial next year.
The Black Stars touched down in Harare on Sunday evening with a chartered flight from Asky Airlines. Almost fifty people made up the contingent and they included 26 players as well as other top ranking members from Ghana Football Association, Ministry of Youth and Sports.
The twenty six players including Baba Rahman, Jordan Ayew, Thomas Partey and Daniel Amartey who play in England made the trip since United Kingdom’s government has now removed Zimbabwe from the red list of countries with most cases of COVID-19.
As a result, these players will not be quarantined for fourteen days when they return to their respective clubs as earlier feared.
The contingent was led by Ghana Football Association president Kurt Edwin Simeon Okraku together with Black Stars Management Committee Chairman George Amoako. Also, management committee members like Fred Pappoe and Samuel Osei Kuffuor traveled with the team.
Head of communications at Ghana FA, Henry Asante Twum as well as deputy Ghana FA general secretary Alex Asante joined the team for the trip to see the day-to-day activities of the contingent.
Also, Central Regional Football Association chairman Robert Duncan and Volta Regional Football Association chairman Daniel Agbogah were also joined by deputy Youth and Sports Minister Evans Opoku Bobie as well as the chief director of the ministry Alhaji Hafiz Adam.
The game has been scheduled to take place at the National Sports Stadium in Harare and it will kick off at 15h00 GMT or 3PM local time.
The Black Stars need a win at all cost to keep the chase on South Africa who have opened a one-point lead and will also host Ethiopia in Johannesburg in the other group game.
GHANA’S CONTINGENT IN ZIMBABWE;
Technical Team:
Head Coach – Milovan Rajevac, Assistant Coach – Otto Addo, Assistant Coach – Maxwell Konadu, Goalkeepers Trainer – Richard Kingston
Dr. Baba Adam – Team Doctor
Team Manager – Henry Martey
Samuel Ankomah – Masseur
Edward Acheampong – Video Analyst
Dr. Jonathan Quartey – Physiotherapist
Romeo Roy Ricky – Physical Trainer
Sulley Zampa and Daniel Yankey – Kits Managers
Nenad Glisic – Interpretor to Milovan Rajevac
Ghana squad:
Goalkeepers:
Lawrence Ati- Zigi (FC St. Gallen), Richard Atta (Hearts of Oak), Ibrahim Danlad, (Asante Kotoko), Jojo Wollacott (Swindon Town)
Defenders:
Philemon Baffuor (Dreams FC), Gideon Mensah (Bordeaux), Baba Abdul Rahman (Reading FC), Daniel Amartey (Leicester City), Joseph Aidoo (Celta Vigo), Jonathan Mensah (Columbus Crew), Alexander Djiku (Strasbourg).
Midfielders:
Thomas Partey (Arsenal FC), Baba Idrissu (Real Mallorca), Emmanuel Lomotey (Amiens), Mohammed Kudus (Ajax Amsterdam), Majeed Ashimeru (RSC Anderlecht), Kofi Kyere (St. Pauli), Abdul Fatawu Issahaku (Steadfast FC).
Forwards:
Andre Ayew (Al Sadd SC), Kamaldeen Suleymana (Rennes), Joel Fameyeh (Orenburg), Yaw Yeboah (Wisła Kraków), Samuel Owusu (Al-Fayha FC), Jordan Ayew (Crystal Palace), Caleb Ekuban (Genoa), Benjamin Tetteh (Yeni Malatyaspor)