Ghana To Start Camping

Ghana will start camping in Kenya from Monday ahead of two important matches against Congo and England over the next eight days. Coach Goran Stevanovic will commence preparations for the weekend’s 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying against Congo which will be played on Sunday.

The Black Stars will play England in friendly two days later and the Serbian manager is seeking to give his side the best preparation for both matches.

The Europe-based players will start arriving in camp on Monday afternoon as some players will train under Stevanovic for the first time. Most of the players in England are expected to arrive in Kenya by Tuesday while the majority especially those who played on Saturday must join the training in the East African country on Monday.

With the qualifiers heading into the third round of games in Group I, the Black Stars, joint-top of the group.

Ghana, on four points have a better goal difference ahead of Sudan from their opening two games while Congo are just a point behind in the group. A five-day training camp in Kenya has been arranged as the Black Stars aim to claim the three points in Brazzaville to enhance their chances of reaching the finals in the competition to be staged by Gabon and Equatorial Guinea.

Stevanovic last week announced his 24-man squad for the Congo game and the friendly with England, two days later.

Ghana Squad

Goalkeepers: Richard Kingson (Blackpool, England), Sammy Adjei (Hearts of Oak, Ghana) Ernest Sowah (Berekum Chelsea, Ghana)

Defenders: John Paintsil (Fulham, England) Samuel Inkoom (Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine) Daniel Opare (Standard Liege, Belgium) David Addy (Academica Coimbra, Portugal) Jonathan Mensah (Granada, Spain) Isaac Vorsah (Hoffenheim, Germany) John Mensah (Sunderland, England) Lee Addy (Red Star Belgrade, Serbia)

Midfielders: Anthony Annan (Schalke 04, Germany), Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu (Udinese, Italy), Bernard Kumordzi (Panionios, Greece) Kwadwo Asamoah (Udinese, Italy) Sulley Muntari (Sunderland, England) Derek Boateng (Getafe, Spain) Kevin-Prince Boateng (AC Milan, Italy) Andre Ayew (Marseille, France) Opoku Agyemang (Al-Ahli, Saudi Arabia)

Attackers: Asamoah Gyan (Sunderland, England) Prince Tagoe (Partizan Belgrade, Serbia) Dominic Adiyiah (Partizan Belgrade, Serbia) Nathaniel Asamoah (Asante Kotoko, Ghana)