Ghana’s Black Stars will begin preparations today ahead of their 2021 AFCON qualifiers against South Africa and Sao Tome on the 14 and 18 November respectively.
Later today, the Black Stars will for the first time in a long while train at the Accra Sports Stadium as the teams attempts to win back the love of Ghanaian’s in the aftermath of disastrous 2019 AFCON campaign.
After the training in Accra, the team will travel to Cape Coast on Tuesday to continue preparations ahead of the crucial game on Thursday.
According to a release from the Ghana FA, “The Black Stars departs for Cape Coast and will make brief stop-overs at Winneba and Mankessim, where they will interact with fans and distribute paraphernalia to them.
This is part of the FA campaign, to win the fans back which has been tagged #BringBackTheLove.
Meanwhile, the team has been plaugued by injuries in the build-up to the double header, forcing coach Kwesi Appiah to make some changes to his original squad.
Hearts of Oak defender Fatawu Mohammed has been invited to replace Harrison Afful who got injured in training in the US.
Deportivo Alaves midfielder Mubarak Wakaso has also been ruled out of the game due to injury. He did not play for his club this weekend.
Below is the full program line up for the Black Stars ahead of the game against South Africa
Monday November 11, 2019: The Black Stars will train at the Accra Sports Stadium from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. The first 15 minutes of this session will be open to the media for filming from pitch side. After the training session, the media will be allowed 10 minutes interview opportunity with the Coach, Captain and one other player.
Tuesday November 12, 2019: “The Black Stars departs for Cape Coast and will make brief stop-overs at Winneba and Mankessim, where they will interact with fans and distribute paraphernalia to them.
The team will have its first training session in Cape Coast at the Cape Coast Stadium between 7:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. This training session is open to the media.
Wednesday November 13, 2019: Pre match press conference by the Black Stars at 12:00 p.m. at the Cape Coast Stadium. The Head Coach of the Black Stars, Kwesi Appiah and the captain of the team, Andre Ayew will attend this pre-match press conference.
The Black Stars will have its official training session from 4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. The first 15 minutes of this session will be open to the media for filming.
The South African Head Coach and a player will meet the press at 6:00 p.m. before the South African team trains at 7:00 p.m. at the Cape Coast Stadium. The first 15 minutes of the South African training session will be open to the media for filming.
Thursday November 14: Match day and kick off is at 7:00 p.m. post-match press conference by both teams follows at the end of the match.