{"id":18892,"date":"2019-03-21T08:00:43","date_gmt":"2019-03-21T08:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/?p=18892"},"modified":"2019-05-29T18:30:04","modified_gmt":"2019-05-29T18:30:04","slug":"kenya-depart-ghana-final-afcon-qualifier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/kenya-depart-ghana-final-afcon-qualifier\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenya Depart for Ghana for Final AFCON qualifier"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Kenya Depart for Ghana for Final AFCON qualifier<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>The Kenya National football team, Harambee Stars, has on Thursday, March 21, 2019, jetted out to Accra ahead of their final AFCON Qualifying match against Ghana.<\/h3>\n<p>Despite having already qualified for the continental showpiece, the team will be looking to finish on a high in the West African country.<br \/>\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\"\n     data-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7515973527815049\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"5197133662\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><br \/>\nCoach S\u00e9bastien Mign\u00e9 has taken pressure off the players\u2019 shoulders, noting that they will look to give a good account of themselves ahead of AFCON.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are not under pressure. Even if it were a crucial qualification match, we still would have taken it easy. This will be a chance for me to gauge the players ahead of AFCON,\u201d said coach Mign\u00e9.<br \/>\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\"\n     data-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7515973527815049\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"5197133662\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"7NkTNd5ZjQ\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/friendly-ghana-host-mauritania-accra\/\">Friendly: Ghana to host Mauritania in Accra<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Friendly: Ghana to host Mauritania in Accra&#8221; &#8212; Sahara Football\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/friendly-ghana-host-mauritania-accra\/embed\/#?secret=P50c21r0Zx#?secret=7NkTNd5ZjQ\" data-secret=\"7NkTNd5ZjQ\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The match has been slated for Saturday, March 23, 2019. A three-week camp in France has also been lined up in May ahead of the continents premier competition.<\/p>\n<h2>Final Squad<\/h2>\n<h3>Goalkeepers<\/h3>\n<p>Patrick Matasi, John Oyemba, Faruk Shikalo<\/p>\n<h3>Defenders<\/h3>\n<p>Joash Onyango, Musa Mohammed, David Owino, Bernard Ochieng, Brian Mandela, Philemon Otieno, Erick Ouma<\/p>\n<h3>Midfielders<\/h3>\n<p>Anthony Akumu, Ismael Gonzales, Victor Wanyama, Francis Kahata, Dennis Odhiambo, Johanna Omollo, Erick Johanna, Paul Were, Christopher Mbamba<br \/>\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\"\n     data-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7515973527815049\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"5197133662\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Forwards<\/h3>\n<p>Masud Juma, Pistone Mutamba, Allan Wanga<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kenya Depart for Ghana for Final AFCON qualifier The Kenya National football team, Harambee Stars, has on Thursday, March 21, 2019, jetted out to Accra ahead of their final AFCON Qualifying match against Ghana. Despite having already qualified for the continental showpiece, the team will be looking to finish on a high in the West<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18894,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9347,8417],"tags":[4504,1582,255,3638,10235,247],"class_list":{"0":"post-18892","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-afcon-2019","8":"category-featured","9":"tag-afcon-2019-qualifiers","10":"tag-black-stars","11":"tag-ghana","12":"tag-ghana-black-stars","13":"tag-harambee-stars","14":"tag-kenya"},"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saharafootball.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Harambee-Stars-jet-out-640x426.jpg?fit=640%2C426&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8jzHl-4UI","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":18822,"url":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/black-stars-begin-camping-today-ahead-kenya-game\/","url_meta":{"origin":18892,"position":0},"title":"Black Stars begin camping today ahead of Kenya game","author":"Clinton Eleto","date":"March 18, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Black Stars begin camping today ahead of Kenya game The Black Stars of Ghana will begin camping today ahead of their final 2019 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifier against Kenya on March 23, 2019. 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