Former President of Ghana, His Excellency John Agyekum Kufuor has urged the Black Stars to be physically strong in bid to advance from the group stage at the 2022 FIFA World Cup.
The Black Stars are paired in Group H alongside Portugal, South Korea and Uruguay.
Ghana will begin the campaign against Portugal on Thursday, November 24 before taking on South Korea and Uruguay in the other Group matches.
"We must be physically strong because our boys tend to fall too easily as far as I can see," Agyekum Kufuor said as quoted by ghanafa.org.
"The cache with our team in 2006 was the strength. You look at the captain, Stephen Appiah, characters like Sulley Muntari, Asamoah Gyan and you can’t just push them down easily, they were physically fit."
"One thing I pray you would ensure they go to the pitch with, is this is a man’s game and opponents shouldn’t easily push us down but that doesn’t mean we should commit fouls all over the place but we shouldn’t be walkovers.
He added, "We must be strong, smart and have stamina and towards goal, we must work as a team and I’m sure we will come out with flying colours. You have all my blessings, prayers and support and I hope we make it past the group stage and continue to quarter finals, semi-finals and hopefully the finals."
"The nation awaits good news from our team."