{"id":26962,"date":"2020-09-24T11:59:30","date_gmt":"2020-09-24T11:59:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/?p=26962"},"modified":"2020-09-24T11:59:30","modified_gmt":"2020-09-24T11:59:30","slug":"black-stars-play-mali-equatorial-guinea-friendlies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/black-stars-play-mali-equatorial-guinea-friendlies\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Stars to play Mali and Equatorial Guinea in friendlies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Black Stars to play Mali and Equatorial Guinea in friendlies<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>The Ghana Football Association have announced that the Black Stars will be involved in an international friendly game with two African nations Mali and Equitorial Guinea next month.<\/h3>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7515973527815049\" data-ad-slot=\"5197133662\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><br \/>\nBelow is the official statement from the Ghana FA:<\/p>\n<p>Ghana will take on Mali and Equatorial Guinea in two separate friendly games in Antalya, Turkey.<\/p>\n<p>The Black Stars will play Mali on Friday, October 9, before taking on Equatorial Guinea on Monday, October 12, 2020. Both games will be played behind closed doors and under strict COVID-19 protocols.<\/p>\n<p>The two games will help Coach C.K Akonnor to prepare his side for November\u2019s 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers against Sudan.<\/p>\n<p>The two friendlies will come in handy for C.K Akonnor who is yet to play his first game since he was appointed new Coach of the Black Stars in February this year.<\/p>\n<p>Ghana top Group F with 6 points following victories against South Africa and Sao Tome and Principe in November 2019.<br \/>\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7515973527815049\" data-ad-slot=\"5197133662\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Black Stars to play Mali and Equatorial Guinea in friendlies The Ghana Football Association have announced that the Black Stars will be involved in an international friendly game with two African nations Mali and Equitorial Guinea next month. Below is the official statement from the Ghana FA: Ghana will take on Mali and Equatorial Guinea<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":26966,"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":[2,8417],"tags":[15986,255,15985,4078],"class_list":{"0":"post-26962","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-african-football","8":"category-featured","9":"tag-equitorial-guinea","10":"tag-ghana","11":"tag-ghana-blac-stars","12":"tag-mali"},"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saharafootball.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/BLACK-STARS.jpeg?fit=580%2C400&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8jzHl-70S","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":37418,"url":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/black-queens-to-face-guinea-in-olympic-womens-football-qualifiers-for-paris-2024\/","url_meta":{"origin":26962,"position":0},"title":"Black Queens to face Guinea in Olympic Women&#8217;s Football qualifiers for Paris 2024","author":"Selasi Fiawoyi","date":"May 31, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Black Queens to face Guinea in Olympic Women's Football qualifiers for Paris 2024 The\u00a0 Black Queens, will face Guinea in their quest to secure a spot in the prestigious Olympic tournament. 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