{"id":110533,"date":"2023-10-14T11:05:43","date_gmt":"2023-10-14T11:05:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/10\/14\/mexico-usa-friendlies-will-prepare-us-for-future-assignments\/"},"modified":"2023-10-14T11:05:43","modified_gmt":"2023-10-14T11:05:43","slug":"mexico-usa-friendlies-will-prepare-us-for-future-assignments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/10\/14\/mexico-usa-friendlies-will-prepare-us-for-future-assignments\/","title":{"rendered":"Mexico, USA friendlies will prepare us for future assignments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"636\" height=\"424\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Hughton-1-636x424-1.jpeg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"Hughton-1-636x424-1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chris Hughton<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Ghana coach, Chris Hughton says the two international friendlies against Mexico and the United States of America will offer his team solid grounds ahead of upcoming assignments.<\/p>\n<p>The Black Stars will come up against\u00a0CONCACAF Gold Cup champions Mexico on Saturday, October 14 before taking on the United States of America (USA) on Tuesday, October 17, 2023, as part of the build-up for the forthcoming qualifiers and the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) and the 2026 World Cup qualifiers.<\/p>\n<p>In a pre-match interview for the first game against Mexico, the former Brighton and Hove Albion boss Hughton asserted that the two games will help Ghana prepare for the upcoming fixtures.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou plan and hope to build something. We have two games here in the USA which I think will be advantageous for us as regards our preparations going into the two (2026 FIFA) World Cup games and of course into AFCON,\u201d he told ghanafa.org.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are areas of our game that we can improve there is no doubt about that. Perhaps scoring goals early enough in games to take pressure off ourselves is one area we are seriously working on,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Ghana will begin the FIFA World Cup 2026 qualifiers against Madagascar and Comoros on November 13 and 21 before shifting focus to the Africa Cup of Nations Cote d\u2019Ivoire 2023 in January.<\/p>\n<p>The Black Stars are paired with record holders Egypt and emerging forces Cape Verde and Mozambique in Group\u00a0B.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ ALSO<\/strong><\/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=\"U9MdOV87wMA\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Emfa Wo Ho Nto Nipa So Chatroom on Adom TV (13-10-23)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/U9MdOV87wMA?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chris Hughton Ghana coach, Chris Hughton says the two international friendlies against Mexico and the United States of America will offer his team solid grounds ahead of upcoming assignments. 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