Black Stars coach, Charles Kwablan Akonnor says the team is not under pressure despite a hard-fought win over Ethiopia to begin the 2022 World Cup qualifiers.
The performance of the team against the Walia Ibex has raised a lot of questions with fans worried ahead of the match against a stronger South African team.
However, C.K Akonnor believes his team is not worried by the unrelenting criticisms from fans insisting the team is ready for South Africa on Monday.
"It is a match that we have taken very, very seriously, when we played Ethiopia, there were certain things we needed to do, we have learnt from those things and I believe that come Monday, we will improve and we are looking to have a good match and the team is looking forward to have the three points," he said in a pre-match conference.
"Not necessarily," he responded to a question on whether the team is under pressure. "We were aware of the opponent and what they can do. In that match what we expected was that they will possess the ball. We watched them play against Ivory Coast and in that game they took 70% of the game but lost. So they weren’t a threat, of course the Ghanaian style is to play and possess," he added.
"But there were things we didn’t do especially in the second half we were not tactically disciplined and so we lost hold of the game and it affected us a little bit but we will change if we have to but not because of what anybody will say. We are focused and we know what we have to do at any given time."