A former skipper of the Black Stars, James Kuuku Dadzie, has said the two friendly matches against Brazil and Nicaragua have offered the technical team a fair idea of selecting their first team ahead of the Qatar 2022 World Cup tournament.
The national team lost 0-3 to Brazil in a friendly international in Le Havre, France, before bouncing back three days later to defeat Nicaragua 1-0 in Spain at the Estadio Francisco Artés Carrasco in Lorca, Spain.
Dadzie, who was a key figure in the Ghana side that won the 1978 Africa Cup of Nations says Brazil offered Ghana a good test by exposing our deficiencies in defense, midfield, and attack.
However, the encounter with Nicaragua provided the opportunity for the players to play as a solid team ahead of the tournament.
“Perhaps, it is after the match against lowly-placed Nicaragua that Ghana’s technical team can be certain of their starting line-up for the Qatar 2022 World Cup tournament,” he told Graphic Sports.
“The Brazil game was, therefore, a good test because it exposed our deficiencies as a team. So, of the two matches played, I believe that their preparation for the tournament is on course.
“For now, we cannot play any match again until our last match against Switzerland on November 17, which will offer another opportunity for the technical team to finally make up their mind on which players to use at a particular match,” he added.
Ghana will take on Switzerland in their final game before they jet to Qatar for the World Cup which kick off from November 20 to December 18.