Black Stars to hold first training session at Baba Yara Stadium on Tuesday
Black Stars players will hold their first intense training at the Baba Yara Stadium on Tuesday.
Ghana will play Angola in a doubleheader this month in search of a ticket to the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations slated for Cote D’Ivoire in January next year.
The Black Stars will host Palancras Negras at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium on Thursday, March 23 before travelling to Luanda on March 27, 2023, for the reverse fixture.
The players will head straight to Kumasi when they land in Ghana this week for the crucial encounter with the Palancras Negras. According to the National Sports Authority boss Prof Peter Twumasi, the match venue is ready to host the two sides.
Baba Yara Stadium was closed for renovation works ahead of the game against Angola after which the venue was given the green light by CAF to host the game.
The first training session will be supervised by head coach Chris Hughton supported by his two assistants George Boateng and Didi Dramani.
This training session will be the first for new coach Chris Hughton who took charge of the team on February 12, 2023.
Chris Hughton has included Edmund Addo of Spartak Subotica, Ransford Yeboah Königsdörffer, Majeed Ashimeru of Anderlecht, and Joseph Painstil of Genk in the squad to take on Angola.
Ghana are joint top of the Group E table with 4 points from two games following a 3-0 win over Madagascar and a 1-1 draw with Central African Republic in June last year.
Below are the twenty-five players called up by Chris Hughton:
Goalkeepers: Lawrence Ati Zigi (FC St. Gallen), Abdul Manaf Nurudeen (Eupen), Joseph Wollacott (Charlton Athletic)
Defenders: Tariq Lamptey (Brighton and Hove Albion), Denis Odoi (Club Brugge), Gideon Mensah (Auxerre), Patrick Kpozo (Sheriff Tiraspol), Daniel Amartey (Leicester City), Joseph Aidoo (Celta Vigo), Mohammed Salisu (Southampton FC), Alexander Djiku (Strasbourg)
Midfielders: Thomas Partey (Arsenal FC), Majeed Ashimeru (RSC Anderlecht), Abdul Salis Samed (Lens), Edmund Addo (Spartak Subotica)
Wingers: Jordan Ayew (Crystal Palace), Osman Bukari (Red Star Belgrade), Joseph Painstil (Genk), Kamal Deen Sulemana (Southampton FC), Ransford Yeboah Königsdörffer (Hamburger SV)
Forwards: Mohammed Kudus (Ajax Amsterdam), Andre Ayew (Nottingham Forest), Kamal Sowah (Club Brugge), Inaki Williams (Athletic Bilbao), Antoine Semenyo (AFC Bournemouth)