Jonathan Mensah, Joseph Paintsil and Benjamin Tetteh have joined the Black Stars camp in Doha to prepare for the TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations.
@Jomens25 & others arrive in camp to beef up the squad #AFCON2021#BlackStars #BringBackTheLove pic.twitter.com/Ydkg6h89A7
— 🇬🇠Black Stars (@GhanaBlackstars) December 28, 2021
The trio joined the team’s training at the Aspire Academy grounds to increase the number of players at camp from nine to twelve.
Richard Attah, Lawrence Ati-Zigi, Alexander Djiku, Mubarak Wakaso, David Abagna, Daniel-Kofi Kyereh, Gideon Mensah, Abdul Fatawu Issahaku and Maxwell Abbey Quaye were the nine players to kickstart the preparation for the Africa Cup of Nations with Coach Milovan Rajevac.
The first training was held indoors on Sunday, December 26, before the team stepped out onto the pitch on Monday for fieldwork at the Aspire Stadium in Doha.
As per the itinerary released by the Ghana Football Association days ago, the Black Stars of Ghana was scheduled to play their first friendly today but the game has been cancelled.
However, an afternoon training session has been outlined for the players at camp today.
GHANA SCHEDULE IN DOHA – QATAR
- Team open camp on December 22, 2021
- First Friendly match against a club side – December 28, 2021
- Second friendly match against AFCON bound country – January 1, 2022
- Third friendly against Algeria – January 5, 2022
- Departure to Cameroon – January 7, 2022
- Submission of the final squad – December 30, 2021
