Ghana to accept Congo friendly

The Ghana FA has confirmed considering a pre-Afcon qualifying warm-up friendly offer from Congo.

Congo who are hosting the 2015 All Africa Games beginning next month, want to face the Black Stars in the commissioning of the newly-built multi-purpose 60,000-capacity Stade Municipal de Kintélé which will be used for the competition.

The Congolese sports ministry made the request through its Ghanaian counterparts to have the first teams of both nations to open the new stadium which the Ghana FA has been duly informed of.

”We received an offer to play Congo in the opening of their new stadium and we are considering the possibility of honouring the match,” Black Stars management chief, George Afriyie, mentioned.

"We [Ghana FA] have also received a number of offers for the Black Stars which we will be considering but for the Fifa free dates in October [5-13]. We will have the opportunity to play two games at that time if everything proves successful.”

The match with coach Claude Le Roy’s Congo, when confirmed, will come off on September 1 in Brazzaville and will serve as a warm-up for the Black Stars who travel to face Rwanda in the 2017 Afcon qualifiers four days later.