Ghana assistant Didi Dramani has cautioned the Black Stars not to underrate their group opponent ahead of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers.
The four-time African Champions has been drawn in Group of the qualifiers for the 2023 AFCON to be hosted by Ivory Coast.
Ghana would face Madagascar, Angola and Central African Republic for the qualifiers which commences in May.
Reacting to the draw, Didi Dramani, a member of the technical team that guided the Black Stars to qualify for the 2022 FIFA World Cup has warned against underestimating their opponents.
“We shouldn’t underrate any team currently. Do you know that Angola’s Petro Atletico is in the Champions League? How many teams in the GPL are competing with them? If Hearts failed then it tells you that every country is reviving their football. Football has become something global currently. You cannot be in your zone to underrate the other teams.”
“Yes, sometimes names count but the name only is not enough. It should go with a purpose so what is important is knowing the team likely to compete with. I think that one is enough to give you justification for preparations but I don’t agree for you to underrate their names”
“I think everybody is putting their ideas together in terms of football development and every country is instituting the football structure arrangements to begin to do something comprehensively and I think that the other three countries are also doing same so you just have to come together, get full of challenges in terms of using that one as preparations for the future” he said.
“The qualifiers allow you to see more players and the opportunity to do things in a certain way and then intentionally put things in the right ways.”