Black Stars Arrive For Crucial World Cup Qualifier Against Nigeria

Players and officials of the Black Stars of Ghana Monday afternoon touched down at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja ahead of Tuesday’s crucial 2022 FIFA World Cup playoff against Nigeria reports Prime Business Africa.

Football faithful have nicknamed the West African rivalry as the ‘Jolof Derby’ with reference to the bragging rights of both nations’ delicacacies.

The first leg on Friday ended goalless with Ghana handed an advantage of sorts as they held three-time African champions meaning that the Ghanaians will qualify for the World Cup if they played out a score draw.

Another nil – all result after 90 minutes of action means the tie going into extra time of 30 minutes to produce one of Africa’s five representatives at the World Cup in Qatar.

The Otto Addo-led team will train at the Moshood Abiola National Stadium at 5 pm to have a feel of the turf ahead of their second leg game against the Super Eagles.

Izuchukwu Okosi

Izuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc. In October 2004, Okosi joined Complete Communications Limited, publishers of Complete Sports newspaper and Complete Football magazine as a reporter and later script writer for the Complete Sports studio. He worked there for 13 years until October 2017. Okosi also worked various times as Correspondent, Content creator and Editor at Sports Market International Magazine, Opera News, All Nigeria Soccer Media and Iconic Media Watch. He also undertook freelance writing gigs for some local and international organizations. Okosi is a member of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Association of Movie Producers (AMP), Association of Voiceover Artistes of Nigeria (AVOA), Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) and Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ). He has been part of cast in some Nollywood movies and radio dramas including Blood Money 2, Scores To Settle, Dead End 2, Another Campus Tale and Battle Line. Aside mainstream media and the entertainment industry, he has interests in scouting/unearthing of talents in the sports and creative sectors, exports business and property development.