Blacks Stars are getting ready

With the African/World Cup qualifiers going down, Ghana continued preparing in their Kenyan camp.

The senior national team beat Oserian - a Division 2 side - by three goals to nada.

Goals came from Michael Essien, Kwadwo Asamoah and Matthew Amoah according to reports.

According to ghanasoccernet, head coach Milovan Rajevac fielded two set of players but minus goalkeeper Richard Kingson and striker Joetex Frimpong who arrived late in Kenya.

The first set which featured George Owu, Moussa Narry, Harrison Afful, Jonathan Quartey, Isaac Vorsah, Sam Kyere, Sam Yeboah, Haminu Draman, Papa Arko and Junior Agogo ended the first half goalless.

A different set which featured regulars Philemon McCarthy, John Mensah, Opoku Agyeman, Samuel Inkoom, Eric Addo and Moussa Narry got the goals.

The team played this game yesterday and will leave Kenya for Sudan tomorrow.

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Kenya camping

Ghana arrived in Kenya on Sunday to prepare for the impending Sudan game on Saturday. That would be another round of the World/Nations' Cup qualifiers.

There were seventeen players were at the last training session in Accra last Saturday, from the 22 that went to Mali where they secured a 2-0 victory.

The team is made up of Richard Kingson, George Owu, John Mensah, John Paintsil, Eric Addo, Isaac Vorsah, Micheal Essien, Mousa Narry, Samuel Kyere, Samuel Inkoom and Bernard Kumordji.

Ernest Papa Arko, Prince Tagoe, Kojo Asamoah, Mathew Amoah, Opoku Agyeman and Junior Manuel Agogo are the others.

The Black Stars training would involve a game with a Division 2 Kenyan team later today.

They'll be expected to leave the East African country before departing to Omdurman on Thursday to get ready.

Milovan Rajevac: "We are going to work seriously on our strength and concentration in the next few days and I believe this will get us well prepared for the task ahead.

"The Sudanese side is a good team, with a lot of talented players. They could be dangerous on any day and are very potent in the dying minutes of every game, so we must guard against these things."

He said there would be slight technical and tactical changes to the team to enable them to achieve their target in Sudan. A victory for The Black Stars in Omdruman will put them on the brink of a second successive World Cup appearance.

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Ghana opts for Kenya camp

Morning,all.

A fresh Tuesday morning in Accra it is.

Reports I'm receiving say that Ghana will later this week start their camping in Kenya before their World Cup qualifying clash against Sudan on 20 June.

The Black Stars secured an important win over Mali in Bamako on Sunday and want to make sure of their place in the mundial with another away win.

Coach Milovan Rajevacis leaving no stones unturned in his quest to beat the Nile Crocodiles and he's thinking camping in Kenya will help the cause.

The Ghana Football Association (GFA) has approved plans for the camping base in the East African country to help them acclimatise before the Omdurman clash.

The Black Stars will all but seal their place in the 2010 World Cup in South Africa if they get a win against Sudan.

The GFA are keen on getting results in the match to avoid the mathematics associated with qualifying on the back of the results from the last matches of the qualifiers.
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