He did a great job - Black Stars captain Andre Ayew praises interim coach Otto Addo for World Cup qualification

Published on: 08 April 2022

Black Stars captain, Andre Ayew has eulogized interim coach, Otto Addo for leading the side to return to the Mundial.

Addo, who was named as the interim boss for the national team together with his backroom staff defeated Nigeria on away goal rule in the playoff games to book a place in the 2022 World Cup.

Ayew, who missed the games due to suspension has heaped praises on the former Ghana international for the good job done.

In an interview, Ayew said Otto did a wonderful job and intimated that the Borussia Dortmund trainer might bring stability to the team.

“We all saw that he did a great job, great is small, he did a very wonderful job. I had been with the team for three or four days before the game. I congratulate him so much," Ayew said in an interview with 3Sports.

"He changed a lot of little things on the pitch trying to find the solutions and it worked and we need to keep working.

He added: “Proud Ghanaian to have qualified the nation to the world cup because it has been a difficult time for us with the changes of coaches and hopefully we could get some stability and work towards the goal with some style.”

It is unclear if Addo will return to take charge of the team for the World Cup, having only been contracted for the two play-off games against Nigeria.

Ghana has been drawn in Group H at the World Cup, along with Portugal, Uruguay and South Korea.

The West African country will open their campaign against Portugal on November 24 at Stadium 974 in Doha.

Four days later, the Black Stars return to action with a clash with South Korea at the Education City Stadium in Al Rayyan.

Ghana will wrap up their group stage adventure with their much-anticipated encounter with Uruguay at Al Janoub Stadium in Al Wakrah.

The Black Stars having missed out in the last edition hosted in Russia in 2018 will be hoping to improve their performance in Qatar after exiting at the group phase during the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.

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