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\nGhana is scheduled to play against Morocco on Tuesday, June 8 in Rabat before taking on Ivory Coast on Saturday, June 12, 2021 at the Cape Coast stadium.
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Charles Kwablan Akunnor has announced his squad to face
\nAfrican champions Ivory Coast (Elephants) next month in place of the two FIFA World Cup qualifiers that got cancelled last week.<\/p>\n
Richard Ofori who missed the AFCON qualifiers in March makes a return to the squad having recovered from a groin injury. Reading FC\u2019s Andy Yiadom, Portugal based Gideon Mensah, Schenzhen FC\u2019s Frank Acheampong and inform forward, Kamaldeen Sulemana have all made a return to the team for the two matches.<\/p>\n
Former Tema Youth winger Joseph Painstil who has had a stellar campaign in Turkey for Ankaragucu has also earned a call up.<\/p>\n
The Squad…..<\/p>\n
Goalkeepers<\/p>\n
Richard Ofori (Orlando Pirates), Razak Abalora (Asante Kotoko), Ibrahim Danlad (King Faisal)<\/p>\n
Defenders<\/p>\n
Baba Abdul Rahman (PAOK), Gideon Mensah (Vitoria Guimaraes)
\nAndy Yaidom (Reading FC), Philemon Baffuor (Dreams FC)
\nAlexander Djiku (Strasbourg FC), Daniel Amartey (Leicester City), Ismail Ganiyu (Asante Kotoko), Joseph Adjei (Legon Cities), Nicholas Opoku (Amiens FC)<\/p>\n
Midfielders<\/p>\n
Mubarak Wakaso (Shenzhen FC), Thomas Partey (Arsenal FC), Kudus Mohammed (Ajax Amsterdam), Rashid Nortey (Medeama SC), Abdul Fatawu Issahaku (Steadfast FC), Emmanuel Lomotey (Amiens SC), Gladson Awako (Great Olympics), Baba Idrissu (RCD Mallorca)
\nLeft Wing: Samuel Owusu (Al-Fayha FC), Emmanuel Gyasi (Spezia), Frank Acheampong (Shenzhen FC), Tariqe Fosu Henry (Brentford FC)
\nRight Wing: Kamal Sowah (OH Leuven), Kamaldeen Sulemana (Nordsjaelland)<\/p>\n
Forwards<\/p>\n
Andre Ayew (Swansea City FC), Jordan Ayew (Crystal Palace FC), Kwame Opoku (USM Alger), Joseph Paintsil (Ankarag\u00fccu).
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\nGhana is scheduled to play against Morocco on Tuesday, June 8 in Rabat before taking on Ivory Coast on Saturday, June 12, 2021 at the Cape Coast stadium.
\nGFA COMMUNICATIONS<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Charles Kwablan Akunnor has announced his squad to face African champions Ivory Coast (Elephants) next month in place of the two FIFA World Cup qualifiers that got cancelled last week. Richard Ofori who missed the AFCON qualifiers in March makes a return to the squad having recovered from a groin injury. Reading FC\u2019s Andy Yiadom,<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2040,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"twitter_1160854738579181570_1160854738579181570":"","facebook_3558452337540614_100649324928663":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,22,23],"tags":[57,72,56],"class_list":{"0":"post-2038","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-africa","8":"category-sports","9":"category-world-news","10":"tag-black-stars-of-ghana","11":"tag-c-k-akunnor","12":"tag-ghana-football-association"},"yoast_head":"\n