CK Aonnor has named his starting lineup for Monda’s friendly game against Qatar at the Titanic stadium in Turkey.

Goalkeeper Lawrence Zigi, Eugene Ansah, and others have been replaced in the starting lineup as CK Akonnors make five changes to the team that played against Mali.

Nicholas Opoku failed a late fitness test and has been replaced by Joseph Aidoo in the starting lineup.

Ghana Starting XI against Qatar:

Razak Abalora, Benson Annang, Joseph Aidoo, Alexander Djiku, Gideon Mensah, Iddrisu Baba, Samuel Owusu, Thomas Partey, Tariqe Fosu, Andre Ayew and Jordan Ayew.

Kick-off time is 3 pm Ghanaian time.

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Ghana Black Stars defender Nicholas Opoku could miss Ghana’s second friendly game on Monday against Qatar in Turkey.

Nicholas picked up an injury in Ghana’s embarrassing defeat against Mali on Friday. The Amiens player was injured in the first half but continued playing until the 79th minute of the game before he was replaced by Joseph Aidoo.

CK Akonnor is still unsure if the defender will feature against Qatar, he revealed that the defender will undergo a last fitness test before the last training today.

“No, he has not fully recovered. Today they are gonna look at it before training and they will inform me” CK Aonnor said.

Ghana will meet Qatar for the first time ever and CK Akonnor and his team will be looking to make amends after the Mali defeat.

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Thomas Teye-Partey is buzzing with confidence going into this weekend’s International friendlies against Mali and Qatar. The 28-year-old new Arsenal recruit joined the rest of the Ghana team on Wednesday to train at the Emir Sports complex in Antalya, ahead of Friday’s friendly match against West African neighbours Mali.



Ghana will take on Qatar three days later. Thomas was on hand to speak with ghanafa.org. We asked him about how it feels to work under C.K Akonnor, the quality of players in the Ghana squad and competition for places in the team.

Read on for a full transcript:

On training with national team mates ahead of training 

I feel good, I am so happy to be here again with the Black Stars. About the guys, I think they are doing well, today I can see everyone is trying to do their best, trying you win the heart of the new Coach and I think it’s good, we have a great competition and I think it’s better for the Black Stars.

On C.K Akonnor

Today is not the first day of working with him, you know we already played with him and I think he is doing all he can so that we will be comfortable and you know we won our last game and we will see what will happen against Mali and Qatar.



Competition for places in the team

We are having a good competition in the team; all the guys are training well. I think this will help the team to improve, everyone will be on their feet trying to win the heart of the Coach and also give more pressure on those that think that they are comfortable, it will energise them to be on their toes to fight to maintain their place in the team

On quality of players in the team

I am very happy; we have a lot of quality players in the team. There are so many Ghanaian players out there who are good but not all of us can be here.  Fortunately, we are here because we won the heart of the Coach. And I think it’s a good place to show what we have.

On keeping momentum to win back the love

We have to do our best, make sure we win all our matches like we did previously against South Africa and Sao Tome and Principe and with this we will win back the hearts of many Ghanaians also.



source: Ghana FA

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The Black Stars will take on Mali on Friday, October 09, before they battle Qatar three days later in Antalya, Turkey.

The two games form part of Ghana’s preparations ahead of the 2022 Africa Cup of Nations qualification games in November against Sudan.

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Midfielder Thomas Teye Partey has arrived in the Black Stars camp at the Xanthe Resort and spa in Antalya, Turkey.

The 27-year-old who joined Arsenal from Spanish club Atlético Madrid on transfer deadline day has joined his colleagues in camp ahead of Ghana’s International friendlies against Mali and Qatar.

Also joining the team in camp are Kassim Nuhu, Alexander Djiku, Bernard Mensah, Joseph Aidoo, and Tarique Fosu who was handed a late call up by Coach C.K Akonnor. Their arrivals increase the number of players to nineteen. Coach C.K Akonnor on Tuesday, October 06, 2020 held his first training session with the squad at the Emir Sports complex in Antalya, Turkey.

The players in camp are as follows:

Lawrence Ati-Zigi, Razak Abalora, Benson Annag, Kamaldeen Suleyman, Captain Andre Ayew, Jordan Ayew, Nicholas Opoku, Emmanuel Lomotey, Eugene Ansah, Baba Iddrisu, Gideon Mensah, Thomas Teye- Partey, Samuel Owusu, Yakubu Mohammed, Bernard Mensah, Kassim Nuhu, Tarique Fosu, Alexander Djiku and Joseph Aidoo.

The team will hold another training on Wednesday as preparations continue for Friday’s game against the Eagles of Mali.

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