{"id":119590,"date":"2023-11-14T10:10:13","date_gmt":"2023-11-14T10:10:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/11\/14\/nurudeen-abdulai-and-abdul-fatawu-issahaku-get-late-call-up-for-madagascar-and-comoros-games\/"},"modified":"2023-11-14T10:10:13","modified_gmt":"2023-11-14T10:10:13","slug":"nurudeen-abdulai-and-abdul-fatawu-issahaku-get-late-call-up-for-madagascar-and-comoros-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/11\/14\/nurudeen-abdulai-and-abdul-fatawu-issahaku-get-late-call-up-for-madagascar-and-comoros-games\/","title":{"rendered":"Nurudeen Abdulai and Abdul Fatawu Issahaku get late call-up for Madagascar and Comoros games"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"527\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/20231114_061641-1024x776-1-696x527.jpg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"20231114_061641-1024x776\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Medeama SC defender, Nurudeen Abdulai and Abdul Fatawu Issahaku have been handed late call-ups for Ghana\u2019s 2026 World Cup qualifying games.<\/p>\n<p>Nurudeen will replace Rayo Vallecano defender, Abdul Mumin whereas Leicester City\u2019s\u00a0Fatawu Issahaku will take the place of Southampton attacker, Kamaldeen Sulemana.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83c\udf99\ufe0f UPDATE <\/p>\n<p>Medeama SC defender Nurudeen Abdulai and Abdul Fatawu Issahaku have replaced Abdul Mumin and KamalDeen Sulemana in the squad for the World Cup qualifiers against Madagascar and Comoros.<\/p>\n<p>The pair have joined the team to prepare for the double header.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BlackStars?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BlackStars<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ndAo02TZKL\">pic.twitter.com\/ndAo02TZKL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udded Black Stars (@GhanaBlackstars) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GhanaBlackstars\/status\/1724302845380337761?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 14, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The pair have already joined the rest of the Black Stars squad in Accra.<\/p>\n<p>According to the GFA, the duo named in Chris Hughton\u2019s 25-man squad will not be able to play in the two games.<\/p>\n<p>However, the Ghana FA did not explain the reason for their failure to show up for the games.<\/p>\n<p>The Black Stars opened camp on Monday, November 13, 2023, ahead of the two FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Madagascar and Comoros.<\/p>\n<p>Ghana will take on Madagascar at the Baba Yara Stadium on Friday, November 17 before travelling to face Comoros at the\u00a0Stade de Moroni in their second Group I games on November 21.<\/p>\n<p>At the moment, 17 players are in camp and will hold their first training session at the Accra Sports Stadium later today.<\/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=\"UkRn475FnpA\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Badwam News on Adom TV (14-11-23)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UkRn475FnpA?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<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Medeama SC defender, Nurudeen Abdulai and Abdul Fatawu Issahaku have been handed late call-ups for Ghana\u2019s 2026 World Cup qualifying games. 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