Black Stars will come good - Tony Baffoe allays fears ahead of 2022 World Cup

Former Black Stars defender Anthony Baffoe is optimistic that Ghana will come good at the World Cup after a poor international break performance.

The Black Stars lost 3-0 to Brazil and beat Nicaragua 1-0 in the two games they played during the September break.

Regarding the Brazil defeat, the ex-CAF deputy general secretary commended the

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"We lost 3-0 to Brazil, but I feel we did well in the second half tactically," Baffoe said

While talking about the Nicaragua win, Baffoe was of total confidence that the technical team would present a competitive starting team for Ghana's last friendly and the World Cup opener against Portugal.

"Against Nicaragua, we did well, there's still room for improvement, but I know the technical team is meeting steadily to get the right starting XI, first of all for the warm-up match against Switzerland and then the first match against Portugal in Qatar."

The Black Stars will play Switzerland on November 17 before the World Cup group opener against Portugal in a week's time.

Ghana has been paired in Group H alongside South Korea, Portugal, and Uruguay.


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