{"id":1250313,"date":"2022-11-14T14:20:23","date_gmt":"2022-11-14T14:20:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/11\/14\/big-blow-as-black-stars-goalkeeper-jojo-wollacott-is-ruled\/"},"modified":"2022-11-14T14:20:23","modified_gmt":"2022-11-14T14:20:23","slug":"big-blow-as-black-stars-goalkeeper-jojo-wollacott-is-ruled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/11\/14\/big-blow-as-black-stars-goalkeeper-jojo-wollacott-is-ruled\/","title":{"rendered":"Big blow as Black Stars goalkeeper Jojo Wollacott is ruled"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"499\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/download-4-696x499.png\"   alt=\"Jojo Wollacott\" title=\"Jojo Wollacott\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jojo Wollacott<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Black Stars goalkeeper, Jojo Wollacott, has been ruled out of\u00a0the 2022 FIFA World Cup with less than seven days to the start of the tournament, Joy Sports have reported.<\/p>\n<p>The 25-year-old suffered an injury over the weekend with some minutes to kick off against Burton Albion.<\/p>\n<p>Wollacott\u00a0was expected to start in goal for Charlton Athletic during their league game against Albion on Saturday but\u00a0pulled out of the game after sustaining an injury during the warm up ahead of the game.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>The Addicks boss, Ben Garner, was hoping the goalkeeper\u2019s injury was not enough to rule him out of the Mundial.<\/p>\n<p>But after undergoing scans, the player will play no part in the Black Stars campaign in Qatar.<\/p>\n<p>He was expected to be named in Otto Addo\u2019s final 26-man squad for the World Cup on Monday, November 14.<\/p>\n<p>Wollacott was key to the Black Stars\u2019 qualification for the World Cup after making his debut in October in a qualifier against Zimbabwe.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ ALSO<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ghana will open camp in Abu Dhabi and will take on Switzerland on November 17 before flying to Doha for the tournament on November 19.<\/p>\n<p>Ghana, who are in Group H, will open their campaign against Portugal on November 24 at Stadium 974 in Doha.<\/p>\n<p>Four days later, the Black Stars return to action with a clash with South Korea at the Education City Stadium in Al Rayyan.<\/p>\n<p>Ghana will wrap up their group stage adventure with their much-anticipated encounter with Uruguay at Al Janoub Stadium in Al Wakrah.<\/p>\n<p>The Black Stars, having missed out in the last edition hosted in Russia in 2018, will be hoping to improve their performance in Qatar after exiting the group phase during the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.<\/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=\"a9Dt9b9Qhk4\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The arrest of Hajia 4Real and more - Badwam Ahosepe on Adom TV (14-11-22)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/a9Dt9b9Qhk4?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>Jojo Wollacott Black Stars goalkeeper, Jojo Wollacott, has been ruled out of\u00a0the 2022 FIFA World Cup with less than seven days to the start of the tournament, Joy Sports have reported. The 25-year-old suffered an injury over the weekend with some minutes to kick off against Burton Albion. 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