Ghana legend, Mohammed Ahmed Polo believes the Black Stars will have to extra hard to ensure their qualification for the 2022 World Cup ahead of their playoff games against Nigeria.
The four-time African champions will host their rivals, the Super Eagles at the Baba Yara Stadium on March 25 before the return leg game on March 29 in Abuja at the Moshood Abiola National Stadium.
Ghana, yet to announce their squad for the duel, are looking to bounce back to winning ways following their disappointing performance at the delayed 2021 Africa Cup of Nations finals in Cameroon held earlier this year.
“Ghana chances of qualifying for the World Cup is very slim but we are praying the team can win in the first leg to raise the morale before the second leg,” 1978 Afcon winner Polo told Bryt FM.
“It is unfortunate, we don’t know what is happening in the national team. It is very worrying that the squad are not out until now, we have few days to play the game and we still don’t know the players to do the job.
“The only thing Otto Addo and other technical team members must do is to psych the players because it is not easy for us to beat Nigeria.
“Even against South Africa, the team struggled, and it took [Andre] Ayew’s penalty for us to beat them.”
The Black Stars reached the final round of the qualifiers by a slim 1-0 victory over South Africa in their final group game, the match won by courtesy of captain Ayew’s first-half penalty.
