{"id":983851,"date":"2022-02-10T02:17:31","date_gmt":"2022-02-10T02:17:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/02\/10\/2022-wc-ghana-will-need-miracle-to-beat-nigeria\/"},"modified":"2022-02-10T02:17:31","modified_gmt":"2022-02-10T02:17:31","slug":"2022-wc-ghana-will-need-miracle-to-beat-nigeria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/02\/10\/2022-wc-ghana-will-need-miracle-to-beat-nigeria\/","title":{"rendered":"2022 WC: Ghana will need miracle to beat Nigeria"},"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>Ghana football legend, Mohammed Polo, has expressed his worry ahead of\u00a0Black Stars playoff game against Nigeria in the 2022 World Cup playoff.<\/p>\n<p>The four-time African champions will engage the Super Eagles for a place in the Mundial later this year in Qatar.<\/p>\n<p>The Black Stars will host Nigeria in the first leg before travelling to Abuja for the return game.<\/p>\n<p>Following a poor outing at the just ended\u00a02021 Africa Cup of Nations [AFCON] in Cameroon, Mohammed Polo says the three-time FIFA World Cup participants do not look prime to return to the Mundial as the Nigeria hurdle looks extremely daunting.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat is happening will not help us. Even if we are able to qualify for the [FIFA] World Cup, it will not help us. \u201cBecause this is not the quality,\u201d Polo, who is AFCON winner with the Black Stars told\u00a0<strong>Free FM.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>READ ALSO<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo be frank, football goes beyond logic. But you need a coach who can put certain things together so that if he is able to win then he can take us to the World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut to be frank, the quality of our football today, if we are able to go past Nigeria and go to the World Cup, we shall thank God. But the World Cup is also a different thing,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>The Black Stars suffered their biggest embarrassing campaign for the first time in 2006 in Yaounde after exiting the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations [AFCON] at the group phase with just a point without a win.<\/p>\n<p>Having missed out in 2018 in Russia, the Black Stars will be hoping to return to the Mundial for the fourth time in their history.<\/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=\"azInTTzeiyo\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Obra on Adom TV (8-2-22)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/azInTTzeiyo?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 Ghana football legend, Mohammed Polo, has expressed his worry ahead of\u00a0Black Stars playoff game against Nigeria in the 2022 World Cup playoff. The four-time African champions will engage the Super Eagles for a place in the Mundial later this year in Qatar. 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