{"id":1030730,"date":"2022-03-22T14:41:59","date_gmt":"2022-03-22T14:41:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/03\/22\/2022-wc-ghana-is-ready-to-face-nigeria\/"},"modified":"2022-03-22T14:41:59","modified_gmt":"2022-03-22T14:41:59","slug":"2022-wc-ghana-is-ready-to-face-nigeria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/03\/22\/2022-wc-ghana-is-ready-to-face-nigeria\/","title":{"rendered":"2022 WC: Ghana is ready to face Nigeria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"403\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-10-28-at-00.17.22-696x403.jpeg\"   alt=\"Felix Afena-Gyan\" title=\"Felix Afena-Gyan\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Felix Afena-Gyan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>AS Roma forward, Felix Afena-Gyan, has declared his readiness ahead of Black Stars\u2019 crucial games against Nigeria\u00a0in the 2022 World Cup qualifiers.<\/p>\n<p>The promising forward has been named in Black Stars 27-man squad for the playoff games.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a019-year-old missed the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon citing personal reasons.<\/p>\n<p>Afena-Gyan has been impressive under Jos\u00e9 Mourinho and has made 17 first-team appearances for Roma and has scored two goals in the process.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>Ahead of the first leg tie against the Super Eagles at the Baba Yara Stadium, Afena-Gyan has declared that the team is ready for the crucial games.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">READY <\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udded\ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udded\ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udded<\/p>\n<p>\u2764\u2764\u2764<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Felix Afena Ohene-Gyan (@ohenegyanfelix9) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ohenegyanfelix9\/status\/1505900683500863489?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 21, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The Black Stars opened camp on Monday with seven players at the Accra Sports Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>Ghana will host Nigeria on March 25\u00a0before the return game on March 29 at the Abiola National Stadium in Abuja.<\/p>\n<p>The Black Stars are hoping to return to the Mundial for the fourth time after missing out in the last edition in Russia in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>            <!--  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=videoseries[\/embed]<!--\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>--><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"cFol8OLlvTI\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Badwam News on Adom TV (22-3-22)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cFol8OLlvTI?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Felix Afena-Gyan AS Roma forward, Felix Afena-Gyan, has declared his readiness ahead of Black Stars\u2019 crucial games against Nigeria\u00a0in the 2022 World Cup qualifiers. The promising forward has been named in Black Stars 27-man squad for the playoff games. The\u00a019-year-old missed the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon citing personal reasons. 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