{"id":1200598,"date":"2022-09-08T09:10:57","date_gmt":"2022-09-08T09:10:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/09\/08\/gfa-defend-otto-addos-29-man-squad\/"},"modified":"2022-09-08T09:10:57","modified_gmt":"2022-09-08T09:10:57","slug":"gfa-defend-otto-addos-29-man-squad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/09\/08\/gfa-defend-otto-addos-29-man-squad\/","title":{"rendered":"GFA defend Otto Addo&#8217;s 29-man squad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"418\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Otto-Addo-Black-Stars-white-696x418.jpg\"   alt=\"Otto Addo\" title=\"Otto Addo\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Otto Addo <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>General Secretary of the\u00a0Ghana Football Association (GFA), Prosper Harrison Addo, has backed Otto Addo\u2019s 29-man squad for the Brazil and Nicaragua friendly games despite the inclusion of injured players.<\/p>\n<p>Thomas Partey, Baba Iddrisu, Elisha Owusu, and Benjamin Tetteh are all injured but have been named in the squad for the game later this month in France and Spain.<\/p>\n<p>Tetteh, who plays for Hull City in the English Championship, is expected to sit out for six weeks due to hamstring injury.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-11-11-at-09.28.15.jpeg\" alt=\"Prosper Harrison Addo\" class=\"wp-image-1879350\"  \/><figcaption><strong>Prosper Harrison Addo <\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Despite the criticisms, Mr Addo has urged <span style=\"background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); color: initial;\">Ghanaians to calm down because they are not privy to what the coach knows regarding the fitness of the aforementioned players.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>READ ALSO<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet\u2019s allow the coach to work because he knows what I and you do not know concerning the fitness of the players,\u201d\u00a0he said on the <strong>Ultimate Sports Show<\/strong> on<strong> Asempa FM.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s true they are injured but maybe they will be available for the games and that is why they are in the squad,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Ghana will play Brazil on Friday, September 23, at Stade Oceane in Le Harve- France before taking on Nicaragua at Estadio Francisco Artes Carrasco in Lorca, Spain on Tuesday, September 27, 2022.<\/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=\"_zWeGsBCrRI\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Second-Hand Goods: Dealers fume as Government moves to ban importation of items (7-9-22)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_zWeGsBCrRI?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Otto Addo General Secretary of the\u00a0Ghana Football Association (GFA), Prosper Harrison Addo, has backed Otto Addo\u2019s 29-man squad for the Brazil and Nicaragua friendly games despite the inclusion of injured players. 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