Authorities in charge of football activities in Ghana have confirmed that there will be an international friendly match in September between the Black Stars and the Brazilian national team.
Ghana will be joining four other top African nations in Qatar later this year for the World Cup with France the defending champions of the tournament. Before getting the 2022 World Cup ticket, the Black Stars of Ghana defeated the Super Eagles of Nigeria in the final playoffs.
According to the report on GOAL, the Ghana Football Federation did not reveal the venue where the match will be played.
Statement from the Ghana Football Federation "The Black Stars of Ghana will play against Brazil in an international friendly next month as part of the build-up to the Fifa World Cup Qatar 2022 finals. This follows the decision of the Confederation of African Football (Caf) to postpone matches in the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers. "The game will take place on Friday, September 23, 2022, at a yet-to-be-named venue in Europe. "The game will give coach Otto Addo the platform to continue the assessment of his players in the build-up to the Fifa World Cup Qatar 2022 finals in Doha.The international friendly match against the Brazil national team will give Ghana a boost going into the Fifa World Cup Qatar 2022 tournament."
In the history of the FIFA World Cup, no African nation has ever reached the semifinal even though Ghana tried to do so years back, but where stopped by Uruguay.
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