2022 World Cup qualifiers: Black Stars to hold final training session today

Published on: 02 September 2021

The senior national team, the Black Stars will hold a final training session on Thursday for Friday's World Cup qualifier against Ethiopia. 

The team, led by C.K Akonnor will practice from 5:00pm to 6:30pm, as the players prepare for the start of the journey to Qatar 2022.

After training, there will be a pre-match conference, where the coach and captain Andre Ayew will answers questions for tomorrow's match.

Meanwhile, the Ethiopians will train at 7:00 pm and the media will only be allowed to cover 15 minutes of their exercise.

A statement on the FA's website read:

The sports media is hereby informed about Thursday’s training schedule for both Ghana and Ethiopia. Since it is a FIFA requirement for the home Member Association (Ghana) to make the match venue available to the away team (Ethiopia), on time, the Black Stars will train before the visiting team.

The media is allowed to cover only the first fifteen minutes of each training session from the media stand. The media will not be granted access to the field due to the COVID-19 pandemic. (This directive shall be strictly enforced).

There shall be a pre-match press conference for the two teams at the conference room of the Cape Coast stadium for both teams.

Training Time:

Ghana – 5-6:30pm

Head Coach Charles Akonnor and Captain Andre Ayew will address the media after training.

Ethiopia – 7-8pm

Head Coach Wobetu Abate and Captain Shimelis Bekele will speak to the press after training.

The Group G encounter between Ghana and Ethiopia will kick off at 19H00 on Friday, September 03, 2021.

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