Black Stars Cannot Afford Lost Against Central Africa Republic- Coach

Black Stars coach Chris Hughton claims that his team is aware of the significance of their encounter against the Central African Republic, which comes off on Thursday at the Baba Yara Stadium.

In the final round of matches in the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifiers, Ghana must win or draw to sail through to the tournament while their opponents need to win to qualify.

However, if Ghana loses, it could end their hopes of making their 24th appearance at the AFCON making it their first failure to enter an AFCON competition since 2004.

Hughton ahead of the match said, his team are very much aware of the situation and would ride on that to give their best to achieve the needed result.

“I think the question applies to myself and the whole of the team. There isn’t one player that is in the squad that is not very conscious of what tomorrow’s game means. I think we know the Mathematics, we know about winning or drawing the game and the consequences of losing it so that has to be a driving factor.”

“There isn’t a player in the squad that hasn’t played games that may be at the end of the season or at some stage in a semifinal or a final where the game means more.

“This is the last qualification game and everybody is aware of what this game means and we don’t want this to be a burden, we want that to be something that drives these players on to get the result that we need and we want,” he added.

The game will begin at exactly 16:00 GMT.