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2022 World Cup Qualifiers: Andre Ayew and Ghana colleagues urged to prove worth

The Black Stars have been challenged to secure a ticket for next year’s global gathering in Qatar

Ghana Football Association president Kurt Okraku has charged the Black Stars to rise to the occasion as their 2022 World Cup qualifying campaign gets underway on Friday.

CK Akonnor’s outfit are set to welcome Ethiopia to Cape Coast for a Group G opener on Friday, three days before travelling to play as guests of South Africa on matchday two in Johannesburg.

The West Africans will be chasing a fourth qualification for the World Cup.

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“It is a moment I have been waiting for as the leader of this family because this is my first time,” Okraku, GFA president since 2019, told the Black Stars in a meeting, as reported by CitiSports.