{"id":44898,"date":"2025-12-06T10:17:25","date_gmt":"2025-12-06T10:17:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/?p=44898"},"modified":"2025-12-06T10:18:24","modified_gmt":"2025-12-06T10:18:24","slug":"we-can-beat-anyone-otto-addo-reacts-to-world-cup-draw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/we-can-beat-anyone-otto-addo-reacts-to-world-cup-draw\/","title":{"rendered":"We can beat anyone \u2013 Otto Addo on World Cup draw"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Ghana coach Otto Addo is optimistic about the team&#8217;s chances of winning every game against their group stage opponents at the World Cup.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\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><\/p>\n<p>The Black Stars have been pitted in Group L against top-ranked sides, England and Croatia, and low-ranked Panama.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to Sporty FM after the draw, the Black Stars gaffer sounded confident about the team&#8217;s chances of winning its games on a good day.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Surely, we want to win every match, and like I said, once we get a good start, anything is possible. On a good day, I know we can beat anyone. But I also know that we can lose against all of those teams, including Panama.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Ghana\u2019s first game will be against Panama on Wednesday, June 17, in Dallas, USA.<\/p>\n<p>Six days later they will take on England in a mouthwatering clash at the BMO Field Stadium in Toronto, Canada.<\/p>\n<p>Their final game against Croatia will be on 27th June at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia.<\/p>\n<p>Three North American countries, the United States, Canada, and Mexico, will host the competition, which begins on June 11.<\/p>\n<p>The final will take place at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey.<\/p>\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><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ghana coach Otto Addo is optimistic about the team&#8217;s chances of winning every game against their group stage opponents at the World Cup. &nbsp; The Black Stars have been pitted in Group L against top-ranked sides, England and Croatia, and low-ranked Panama. Speaking to Sporty FM after the draw, the Black Stars gaffer sounded confident<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":41627,"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":[17014,8417],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-44898","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-2026-fifa-world-cup","8":"category-featured"},"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saharafootball.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/otto-addo-in-mali.jpg?fit=1024%2C783&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8jzHl-bGa","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":44930,"url":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/england-is-favourites-in-group-l-otto-addo\/","url_meta":{"origin":44898,"position":0},"title":"England is favourites in Group L \u2013 Otto Addo","author":"Raphael Bannerman-Quartey","date":"December 8, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Ghana\u2019s Black Stars head coach, Otto Addo has confirmed England as favourites to finish top of Group L in the 2026 FIFA World Cup draw. \u00a0 The senior national team were paired with the Three Lions, Croatia, and Panama in Friday\u2019s draw held at the John F. 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