The newly appointed Ghana Black Stars coach, Milovan Rajevac has revealed that his immediate priority is to secure a qualification for the 2022 Fifa World Cup, which will be staged in Qartar.
The 67-year-old has been tasked to end the country’s 39 year Africa Cup of Nations [Afcon] trophy drought next year and steer the Black Stars to qualify for the 2022 Fifa Mundial in Qatar.
Asked if he is under pressure to achieve the target set out to him by the Ghana Football Association [GFA], the Serbian said his immediate priority is to secure a qualification for the global showpiece and not thinking about winning the Afcon for now.
“Africa Cup of Nations [Afcon] is in four months away but our next important match is in two weeks and that is important for me and that is how I work.
“We shouldn’t forget about the qualification but for now, we are building a team and when the time comes for Afcon, of course, we will talk about that but the focus now is our next match and that is what is important to me,” he added.
Rajevac previously coached the Black Stars in 2008 and finished as runner-up at the Cup of Nations in 2010, also narrowly missing out on a semi-final place in the 2010 World Cup to Uruguay.
He left the Ghana job in September 2008 and subsequently joined Al Ahli of Saudi Arabia.