{"id":767946,"date":"2022-01-27T07:53:12","date_gmt":"2022-01-27T07:53:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/01\/27\/2022-world-cup-playoffs-we-can-beat-nigeria-but\/"},"modified":"2022-01-27T07:53:12","modified_gmt":"2022-01-27T07:53:12","slug":"2022-world-cup-playoffs-we-can-beat-nigeria-but","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/01\/27\/2022-world-cup-playoffs-we-can-beat-nigeria-but\/","title":{"rendered":"2022 World Cup playoffs: We can beat Nigeria but &#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"680\" height=\"470\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/FJadQ1FXIAMxEFw-1.jpg\"   alt=\"Black Stars\" title=\"Black Stars\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Black Stars<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Former Ghana Football Association [GFA] president, George Afriyie, believes the Black Stars can qualify for the 2022 World Cup only if we do the right things ahead of the clash against Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0Black Stars will play their bitterest rivals in the playoffs of the 2022 World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>Nigeria, despite winning all their three opening games in the stage of the ongoing 2021 Africa Cup of Nations [AFCON], lost to Tunisia in their Round 16 game.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0Black Stars, meanwhile, exited the tournament at the group stages without a win while the Nigerians were knocked out in the Round of 16 stages.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/2235455662632_195535650476.jpg\" alt=\"George Afriyie\" class=\"wp-image-1897719\"  \/><figcaption><strong>George Afriyie <\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Ghana\u2019s worst performance at the African showpiece has been blamed on player call ups as well as lack of commitment of the team, but Mr Afriyie believes the\u00a0Black Stars\u00a0will be at the Mundial if authorities do the right thing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI strongly still believe if we do the right thing, we can still qualify,\u201d he told Accra-based <strong>Asaase Radio.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople shouldn\u2019t think we don\u2019t have a good team, we do,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Ghana will host Nigeria in the first leg of their encounter with the second leg in Nigeria between 24th\u201329th March.<\/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=\"FZHDO3BqfSY\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Alleged Environmental Threat \u2013 Adom TV News (26-1-22)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FZHDO3BqfSY?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>Black Stars Former Ghana Football Association [GFA] president, George Afriyie, believes the Black Stars can qualify for the 2022 World Cup only if we do the right things ahead of the clash against Nigeria. 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