Ghana Stories

 

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How has the weakest Ghana team in 15 years, who finished bottom of their Africa Cup of Nations group this year after losing to the Comoros, still managed to qualify for a World Cup? Luck, grit and Otto Addo’s impressive coaching since assuming sole charge in February, that’s how. Very talented but very inexperienced, this Black Stars outfit are the most unpredictable of Africa’s five teams in Qatar: they could play incredibly or splat spectacularly. In order to play incredibly, Ghana will have to skip to the good bits. The 1-1 play-off draw in Nigeria to secure qualification showed signs of a promising, coherent unit under former Borussia Dortmund player and assistant Addo – before then, Ghana resembled a collection of individuals as they transitioned from the Asamoah Gyan era. They’ll need to put January’s catastrophic AFCON display behind them, too, having taken just a single point from games against Morocco, Gabon and the Comoros.

There are some new faces in the squad, though, which should reenergise the side. Bilbao-born one-cap Spain international Inaki Williams is a late addition to the World Cup squad, following 34-year-old Denis Odoi, who switched his allegiance from Belgium in time for March’s play-offs. Tariq Lamptey of Brighton and Mohammed Salisu of Southampton made their Black Stars debuts in September, too.  Ghana will have to rely on the injury-prone Thomas Partey staying fit for any chance of success, however. Replacements are hard to find, and the Arsenal man is essential for them to purr.  This will be Ghana's fourth appearance at the World Cup. The Black Stars made their debut in 2006, when they reached the round of 16. The 2010 edition saw Ghana reach the quarter-finals and get within a whisker of the last four.  Ghana have been drawn into Group H of the Qatar World Cup 2022, and are set to play Uruguay, Portugal and South Korea.

Otto Addo, who was made interim manager before the playoff games against Nigeria, is only the second Ghanaian – after Kwasi Appiah in 2013 – to guide the west African country to World Cup qualification. The fact that he overcame Ghana’s arch-rivals was a particularly impressive feat as it came on the back of the country’s worst ever Africa Cup of Nations performance. However, the Black Stars have failed to kick on after eliminating Nigeria and Oddo’s inability to decide on a tactic and stick to it has left fans and players bewildered at times. That he wants his team to defend solidly is clear but beyond that there is little clarity. The fact that Addo has not held a head coach role anywhere before getting the Ghana job counts against him but he has worked as a “talent coach” at Borussia Dortmund since 2019, helping players such as Erling Haaland and Jude Bellingham settle and thrive at the Bundesliga club. A further plus is that Addo has coaching experience in the form of the former Newcastle and Brighton manager Chris Hughton, who is Ghana’s technical adviser, to call on in the buildup and during the tournament.