Ghana play Brazil in friendly game in September ahead of FIFA World Cup finals
The Black Stars of Ghana will play Brazil in September ahead of FIFA World Cup in November. Both teams use the game as test for the World Cup group opponents as Ghana drawn with South American side Uruguay while Brazil face Cameroon.
The Ghana Football Association (GFA) has confirmed that the Black Stars will play a friendly game against Brazil in later next month.
According to a statement released by the GFA on Friday, the friendly game will take place on September 23, 2022, at a venue which will be communicated later.
This, according to the FA “will give Coach Otto Addo the platform to continue the assessment of his players in the build-up to the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 finals in Doha.”
Ghana was initially scheduled to play Angola in a double-header in the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers, but following the decision of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to postpone matches, Ghana needed to find another game to prepare ahead of the global show-piece in Qatar.
Ghana, who are housed in Group H will open their campaign against Portugal on November 24 at Stadium 974 in Doha.
Four days later, the Black Stars return to action with a clash with South Korea at the Education City Stadium in Al Rayyan.
Ghana will wrap up their group stage adventure with their much-anticipated encounter with Uruguay at Al Janoub Stadium in Al Wakrah.
The Black Stars having missed out in the last edition hosted in Russia in 2018 will be hoping to improve their performance in Qatar after exiting at the group phase during the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.
Ghana and Brazil games are not new with the South America side always coming out as the dominant including 3-0 win in round of 16 in Germany 2006 World Cup.
