The Black Stars of Ghana are up against the Atlas Lions of Morocco in a headline fixture of Group C of the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations. <\/p>\n The Africa powerhouses will battle it out for the first three points of Group C with either side determined to win it. <\/p>\n Both sides are loaded with world-beaters whose performance will be key in where the fixture will end up. <\/p>\n GhanaWeb highlights the key players for both countries<\/b><\/p>\n Ghana<\/b><\/p>\n Thomas Partey<\/b><\/p>\n The Arsenal midfielder is undoubtedly the biggest name in Ghana\u2019s team with his experience at top level football. <\/p>\n Partey who will be making his third AFCON appearance is Ghana\u2019s deputy and has scored in every goal he has acted as a skipper bar the Algeria game. <\/p>\n The 28-year-old will certainly start and engineer Ghana\u2019s victory against the Atlas Lions. <\/p>\n Jordan Ayew<\/b><\/p>\n Jordan Ayew headed into the AFCON on good form breaking his over one-year goal duck in the English Premier League. <\/p>\n The Crystal Palace forward has played at the AFCON since 2012 and is a key member of coach Milovan Rajevac\u2019s team. <\/p>\n Jordan is expected to lead the team from flanks and his dribbling and goal-scoring prowess will prove vital for Ghana. <\/p>\n Fatawu Issahaku<\/b><\/p>\n The 17-year-old could be Ghana\u2019s trump card in the tournament. Blessed with trickery and pace, the Dreams FC forward is one of few players who have been impressive in the last few matches and could light up the tournament. <\/p>\n Fatawu will be making his debut AFCON appearance against Morocco and could end up being Ghana\u2019s star of the tournament. <\/p>\n Morocco<\/b><\/p>\n Achraf Hakimi<\/b> Hakimi is carrying the hopes of Moroccans on his shoulders and will have to begin on a good note against Ghana.<\/p>\n He is likely to come up against Ghana\u2019s Jordan Ayew who will operate on the left flank. <\/p>\n Roman Saiss<\/b><\/p>\n Saiss is one of many Premier League stars in the tournament is familiar with Jordan Ayew and Thomas Partey. <\/p>\n The towering centre back will look to prevent Ghana from getting a goal today and also keep a clean sheet. <\/p>\n Ryan Mmaee<\/b><\/p>\n The Belgium-based striker has become a star for the Moroccan after netting four goals in his last five matches. <\/p>\n Moroccans will be expecting him to find the net when they come up against Ghana. He has been tipped as one of the players likely to win the goal-king for the tournament. <\/p>\n He will be partnering the more experienced and equally lethal forward Youssef En-Nesyri.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Deputy Black Stars skipper Thomas Partey The Black Stars of Ghana are up against the Atlas Lions of Morocco in a headline fixture of Group C of the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations. The Africa powerhouses will battle it out for the first three points of Group C with either side determined to win it. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":210628,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-743500","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-local-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/743500","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=743500"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/743500\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=743500"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=743500"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=743500"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Deputy](\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/11329989.295.jpg\" "\\"Deputy")
Deputy Black Stars skipper Thomas Partey<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\nThe PSG star is arguably the right back on the African continent. Hakimi has in his arsenal pace, perfect crosses and interventions. <\/p>\n