{"id":29457,"date":"2021-06-04T06:45:33","date_gmt":"2021-06-04T06:45:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/?p=29457"},"modified":"2021-06-04T06:45:33","modified_gmt":"2021-06-04T06:45:33","slug":"pictures-black-stars-continue-preparation-morocco-ivory-coast-friendlies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/pictures-black-stars-continue-preparation-morocco-ivory-coast-friendlies\/","title":{"rendered":"Pictures: Black Stars continue preparation for Morocco, Ivory Coast friendlies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Pictures: Black Stars continue preparation for Morocco, Ivory Coast friendlies<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>The Black Stars continued their preparation on Thursday, May 3, at the Cape Coast stadium with 19 players in attendance.<\/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 \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-45985\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cdn.ghanafa.org\/2021\/06\/IMG_8046-1024x683.jpg?fit=788%2C788&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"788\" height=\"788\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Coach C.K Akonnor has been training his men for next week\u2019s International friendly matches against Morocco and Ivory Coast in Rabat and Cape Coast respectively.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-45987\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cdn.ghanafa.org\/2021\/06\/IMG_8124-1024x683.jpg?fit=788%2C788&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"788\" height=\"788\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Ghana will play the Atlas Lions on Tuesday, May 8 in Rabat before hosting the Elephants on Saturday, May 12 at the Cape Coast stadium.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-45988\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cdn.ghanafa.org\/2021\/06\/IMG_8220-1024x683.jpg?fit=788%2C788&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"788\" height=\"788\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The teams are using the matches to prepare for the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers that have been rescheduled by CAF\/FIFA to September 2021 over COVID-19 concerns.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-45992\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cdn.ghanafa.org\/2021\/06\/20210604_004244-999x1024.jpg?fit=788%2C788&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"788\" height=\"788\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Nineteen players trained on Thursday \u2013 with some more arrivals expected on Friday.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-45994\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cdn.ghanafa.org\/2021\/06\/IMG_8249-2-1024x683.jpg?fit=788%2C788&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"788\" height=\"788\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Our team of Photographers were at the Cape Coast stadium and brought back these pictures<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>Pictures: Black Stars continue preparation for Morocco, Ivory Coast friendlies The Black Stars continued their preparation on Thursday, May 3, at the Cape Coast stadium with 19 players in attendance. Coach C.K Akonnor has been training his men for next week\u2019s International friendly matches against Morocco and Ivory Coast in Rabat and Cape Coast respectively.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":29460,"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":[8417,14057],"tags":[255,3638],"class_list":{"0":"post-29457","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-featured","8":"category-ghana-football","9":"tag-ghana","10":"tag-ghana-black-stars"},"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saharafootball.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/IMG_8046-1024x683-1.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8jzHl-7F7","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":29256,"url":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/ghana-black-stars-squad-friendlies-morocco-ivory-coast\/","url_meta":{"origin":29457,"position":0},"title":"Ghana Black Stars squad for friendlies against Morocco and Ivory Coast","author":"Clinton Eleto","date":"May 12, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Ghana Black Stars squad for friendlies against Morocco and Ivory Coast Ghana coach Charles Kwablan Akonnor has named a 30-man squad for the upcoming friendlies against Morocco and Ivory Coast next month.\u00a0 Akonnor's squad is a mix of both experienced and new players invited during the AFCON qualifiers in March.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Featured&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Featured","link":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/category\/featured\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Live Stream: Watch Morocco vs Ghana friendly game","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saharafootball.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/black-Team.jpg?fit=1080%2C810&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saharafootball.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/black-Team.jpg?fit=1080%2C810&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saharafootball.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/black-Team.jpg?fit=1080%2C810&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saharafootball.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/black-Team.jpg?fit=1080%2C810&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saharafootball.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/black-Team.jpg?fit=1080%2C810&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":29980,"url":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/breaking-ck-akonnor-announce-black-stars-squad-for-world-cup-qualifiers\/","url_meta":{"origin":29457,"position":1},"title":"Breaking: CK Akonnor announce Black Stars squad for World Cup Qualifiers","author":"Clinton Eleto","date":"August 13, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Ghana Black Stars coach CK Akonnor has named his provisional squad for the upcoming \u00a0FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 qualifiers against Ethiopia and South Africa. 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