Black Stars midfielder Elisha Owusu has termed Ghana’s upcoming game against Sudan as a game Ghana’s National Men’s Football Team cannot afford to lose. The tie is the first of back to back games against Sudan.
He said this in an interview with the media after the Black Stars held their first training session at the Accra Sports Stadium ahead of the 2025 AFCON qualifier against Sudan on Thursday, October 10 at 16:00 GMT.
Owusu was part of 11 Black Stars that trained at the venue with majority of the players coming from England including Jordan Ayew of Leicester City, Brandon Thomas-Asante of West Bromwich Albion and Mohammed Kudus of West Ham.
Owusu’s AJ Auxerre teammate Gideon Mensah and AS Monaco’s Mohammed Salisu represented the French Ligue 1 at the training session. Owusu praised the improved quality of the Accra Stadium pitch. (Click highlighted text to read full story)
Ghana ranks third in Group F with just a point from two games and trail second placed Sudan by two points.
“We know that it is a very important game for us. I know it’s going to be very difficult for us but we are going to stick together and make (do) our best to win these two games. We know what we have to do. This game is very important to us. We cannot afford to lose this game so we will make everything (do everything possible) to play a very very good game and win this game.”
Scroll down to watch highlights from Day One of the Black Star training session ahead of its clash against Sudan.
Black Stars Assistant Coach Joseph Laumann leading first Black Stars training session at Accra Sports Stadium @CitiSportsGHA pic.twitter.com/2YAKBAkikG
— Yaw Adjei-Mintah (@YawMintYM) October 7, 2024
A kickabout for Ghana’s goalkeepers during training on the Accra Sports Stadium pitch.
Who should be in goal for the Black Stars against Sudan on Thursday?#CitiSports #BlackStars pic.twitter.com/IVyAbFN0N2
— Citi Sports (@CitiSportsGHA) October 7, 2024
