Delay in the announcement of Ghana’s final squad to face Nigeria in the Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup play-off this month, is “purely strategic.”
Communications Director of the Ghana Football Association (GFA), Henry Asante Twum, made this known to the Times Sports yesterday, insisting that the decision to temporarily hold on to the final list, was a deliberate and well-calculated one.
“It is a technical decision backed by management, and it is a well-thought-out and purely strategic move.
“They felt it’s a way of controlling or minimising the abuse that normally takes place before games, especially on social media. Sometimes, the public abuse gets to the players and affects their mentality,” Mr Asante Twum explained.
The Ghanaian social media space, particularly, has been flooded with wide-ranging reactions after the hold-off in making the team public.
Ghana’s Black Stars cross swords with the Super Eagles of Nigeria on home turf on March 25 – with the return leg encounter taking place in the Nigerian capital Abuja, four days later.
Source: Ghanaian Times/ Sports