{"id":44935,"date":"2025-12-09T20:03:41","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T20:03:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/?p=44935"},"modified":"2025-12-09T20:03:41","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T20:03:41","slug":"intl-friendly-ghana-to-face-south-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/intl-friendly-ghana-to-face-south-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Int&#8217;l Friendly : Ghana to face South Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Ghana&#8217;s Black Galaxies will take on South Africa\u2019s Bafana Bafana on December 16, 2025, in <span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Gauteng<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"SLPe5b\">\n<div class=\"SLPe5b\">\n<div class=\"XqFnDf\" data-hveid=\"CAYQBQ\">\n<div data-hveid=\"CAYQBg\">\n<div class=\"EyBRub kp-wholepage-osrp n4H9Ud\" data-kpid=\"vise:\/m\/01t05t\" data-ved=\"2ahUKEwixgsHmpbGRAxX8nf0HHUf2BSIQqPUHKAB6BAgiEAA\">\n<div class=\"HdbW6 MjUjnf VM6qJ Mefd0c\">\n<div class=\"hHq9Z m0pBqd\">\n<div data-hveid=\"CBoQAA\" data-ved=\"2ahUKEwixgsHmpbGRAxX8nf0HHUf2BSIQlcAGegQIGhAA\">\n<div class=\"KsRP6\">\n<div class=\"MDY31c Sb9BPb\">\n<div class=\"QpPSMb\">\n<div class=\"r2VLS\">\n<div data-ias=\"false\">\n<div class=\"y1yadf\">\n<div class=\"CcNe6e v4Zpbe\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"wPNfjb\" data-sd-cp=\"wPNfjb\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"GRl5yb a8pxAe\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"bzXtMb M8OgIe dRpWwb\">\n<div data-hveid=\"CAYQCA\">\n<div data-hveid=\"CAYQCQ\">\n<div class=\"YNk70c EjQTId\">\n<div class=\"Kevs9 SLPe5b\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"pxiwBd EyBRub\" data-kpid=\"vise:\/m\/01t05t\" data-hveid=\"CDMQAA\" data-ved=\"2ahUKEwixgsHmpbGRAxX8nf0HHUf2BSIQ37gJKAB6BAgzEAA\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"wPNfjb\" data-sd-cp=\"wPNfjb\">\n<div id=\"_2X84afGxDfy79u8Px-yXkAI_91\" class=\"e8Ck0d CYJS5e eN5DFc\" role=\"complementary\" data-ly=\"\/travel_layout\/map_2modules\" aria-label=\"Featured results\" data-nmc=\"0\">\n<div class=\"VNzqVe\">\n<div class=\"e6hL7d As9MV\">\n<div class=\"QejDDf WVVXpe\" data-vdh=\"1\">\n<div class=\"SwNFKd\" data-hveid=\"CDQQAA\">\n<div class=\"ZL2ove Lldrkc\" aria-label=\"Image carousel for Gauteng\" data-hveid=\"CCcQAA\" data-ved=\"2ahUKEwixgsHmpbGRAxX8nf0HHUf2BSIQlswJegQIJxAA\">\n<div class=\"Lldrkc\">\n<div class=\"Lldrkc ZL2ove FoA5Fb\" data-icqm=\"false\">\n<div class=\"JXkMF\">\n<div class=\"CxjSde\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\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 host side will use this match to prepare and iron out the final details technicalities ahead of teh AFCON 2025 in Morocco.<\/p>\n<p>Bafana Bafana will have it all to do against Egypt, Angola and Zimbabwe in the group stages.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" height=\"985\" width=\"788\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10032921844\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.myjoyonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-12-08-at-9.55.42-PM-819x1024.jpeg?resize=788%2C985\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>Meanwhile, Head Coach Kassim Mingle has announced a 20-man squad for the upcoming encounter which features several high performers of the Ghana Premier League.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ghana&#8217;s Black Galaxies will take on South Africa\u2019s Bafana Bafana on December 16, 2025, in Gauteng &nbsp; The host side will use this match to prepare and iron out the final details technicalities ahead of teh AFCON 2025 in Morocco. 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