{"id":341750,"date":"2011-03-27T09:34:11","date_gmt":"2011-03-27T09:34:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/27\/preview-congo-ghana-nations-cup-qualifier\/"},"modified":"2011-03-27T09:34:11","modified_gmt":"2011-03-27T09:34:11","slug":"preview-congo-ghana-nations-cup-qualifier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/27\/preview-congo-ghana-nations-cup-qualifier\/","title":{"rendered":"Preview: Congo-ghana Nations Cup Qualifier"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div readability=\"92\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- google_ad_section_start -->Welcome to Ghanasoccernet.com, Ghana&#8217;s most authoritative football news website.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanasoccernet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Ghana-Congo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-25896\" title=\"Ghana-Congo\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/b13d0ebfngo-300x133.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"133\" \/><\/a>Ghana coach Goran Stevanovic plays his first match on the continent and that surely is a tricky test for the former Serbia assistant national team coach. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Plavi wants to build on last month\u2019s stroll-in-the-park 4-1 win over a nondescript Togo side in Antwerp, Belgium but against a rugged Congolese side, victory wouldn\u2019t come on the cheap.<\/p>\n<p>He will be missing the services of in-form striker Asamoah Gyan due to suspension but has reposed confidence in Partizan Belgrade forward Prince Tagoe who is red-hot in the Serbian League.<\/p>\n<p>Compliment is likely to come from team mate Dominic Adiyiah and home-based guys-Emmanuel Clottey and Nathaniel Asamoah.<\/p>\n<p>Left-back David Addy jetted off from his Academica base in the Portuguese League for international assignment by scoring in their 1-3 defeat at FC Porto. He therefore comes in with trainloads of self-belief.<\/p>\n<p>But Stevanovic\u2019s quandary is whether to start veteran John Pantsil, a bench warmer at Fulham, as right-back or turn to his successor Samuel Inkoom or the boisterous Daniel Opare.<\/p>\n<p>Kwadwo Asamoah and Andre Ayew are in forms of their lives and will be crucial in deciding the outcome of the match.<\/p>\n<p>Sulley must have a role to play if ONLY he is declared fit for the task ahead. Emmanuel Agyeman-Badu and Bernard Kumordzi must prove important back-ups in the absence of Kevin-Prince Boateng.<\/p>\n<p>John Mensah and Isaac Vorsah will be the chosen centre-backs after the pair were paired in the team last\u2019s training session in Brazzaville on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>The Ghana set-up has not changed with majority of the current playing staff featured at last year\u2019s Nations Cup and Fifa World Cup finals in Angola and South Africa respectively.<\/p>\n<p>They should know how to navigate their way through the choppy waters of qualifiers on the continent.<\/p>\n<p>Congo have not played at the Africa Cup of Nations since 2000 and are bent on turning the scales this time round.<\/p>\n<p>The team last supernovas like the Ghana, Fifa World Cup quarter-finalists, but are compact and can be party-spoilers.<\/p>\n<p>Head coach Camille Ngakosso will rely on the defence acumen of Blackburn captain Christopher Samba to maintain his side\u2019s campaign in the qualifiers.<\/p>\n<p>Right back Igor Nganga, of Schaffhausen (Switzerland) and Ulrich Kapolongo Shabab-Al-Ordon (Jordan) can be elements of surprise.<\/p>\n<p>Debutant Mfoutou Madila who plies his trade with Cameroon Champions Coton Sport of Garoua will also like to prove a point.<\/p>\n<p>The Red Devils have been chequered in the qualifiers lost 2-0 at Sudan but came back to beat Swaziland 3-1.<\/p>\n<p><!-- google_ad_section_end --><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- \n\n<div><\/div>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n<div><\/div>\n\n --><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/b13d0ebfngo-300x133.jpg-150x133.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Read More:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/ghanasoccernet.com\/2011\/03\/preview-congo-ghana-nations-cup-qualifier\/\" title=\"Preview: Congo-ghana Nations Cup Qualifier\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Preview: Congo-ghana Nations Cup Qualifier<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Welcome to Ghanasoccernet.com, Ghana&#8217;s most authoritative football news website. 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