The Ghana Football Association (GFA) has announced a massive friendly against five-time world champions Brazil in a bid to give the men’s national football team their best possible preparation for the upcoming 2022 World Cup set to be held in Qatar from 20 November to 18 December.The Black Stars will take on the South American giants, who are currently the top ranked country in the latest FIFA rankings, on 23 September during the FIFA international break.“Pre-World Cup friendly Alert. We will take on Brazil in a friendly game as part of preparations for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022,” the Black Stars, who sit in 60th place on the rankings, posted on their official social media platform.🚨Pre-World Cup friendly Alert We’ll take on Brazil in a friendly game as part of preparations for the #FIFAWorldCupQatar2022 #BringBackTheLove | #BlackStars pic.twitter.com/d1GfXpttmd— Black Stars 🇬🇭 (@GhanaBlackstars) August 19, 2022 The match has been made possible thanks to the decision of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to postpone September’s AFCON qualifiers to allow the five African sides going to the World Cup to prepare well for the prestigious tourney.According to reports, the match between Brazil and Ghana, who are four time African champions, will take place in Europe because most of the players from both teams ply their trade with top sides in Europe.Ghana announce a massive pre-World Cup friendly against Brazil who are the top ranked nation in the latest FIFA rankings.The Black Stars are in 60th position.#Ghana pic.twitter.com/MNaiEEskiX— Ochieng’ Stephen (@soo_ochieng) August 19, 2022 The move is meant to minimize travel time for both teams while maximizing the training time the players will have with their national teams during the international break.Ghana have been drawn in Group H of the World Cup where they will play Portugal, Uruguay and South Korea.It is also reported that Brazil will face Tunisia on September 27, just four days after taking on Ghana in another friendly.
