Ghana opened their campaign with a nerve-wracking 3-2 win against Congo.

In the second Group A game against Morocco, Ibrahim Tanko and his side were hoping to secure an early qualification to the last four but suffered a shocking 5-1 defeat.

In the final game that is scheduled to be hosted at the Grande Stade De Tanger, the Black Meteors must win to keep their chances of securing a place in the last four and their ambitions of playing at the Olympics Games.

Morocco have already secured a place in the semis following their win over Ghana. Guinea, however, need a draw to make it to the last four.

Congo having suffered a defeat against Ghana and Guinea sit at the bottom of the log with no point.

Meanwhile, Ibrahim Tanko has hinted that there will be changes in his starting XI against Guinea.

“We have watched and studied the Guinean team, and we have different players that can make up the best starting 11 for the match,” he told the press on Thursday.

“We will do some changes, and we hope these changes will help achieve our aims.

“We have no injury so far.

“We’ve had two days of rest, and we made good use of it.

“I am sure tomorrow everyone will be ready for the game,” he added.

Ghana are on a quest to return to the Olympic Games that will be held in Paris next year. The last time Ghana participated in the Men’s football games at the Olympics was in Athens in 2004.

The much-anticipated game has been scheduled to kick off at 20:00GMT.

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Ghana has been paired with host country, Morocco, Guinea and Congo in Group A for the tournament that has been scheduled to kick off from June 25 to July 8.

Acheampong, speaking to Graphic Sports, disclosed that the team will fly out of the country to Egypt by the end of the week to continue their preparation and they intended to play some friendly games to keep them in shape ahead of the start of the tournament.

“That is why we have chosen Egypt, that is where we hope to get some (friendly) matches because in June a lot of the leagues will be on break.

“We planned to go to a different country but because we may not get a lot of matches, we decided to camp in Egypt. We hope to play some of the countries that will be participating in the AFCON in Egypt,” he noted.

The technical handlers of the team will improve the squad with some Black Stars players ahead of the tournament.

However, Mr Acheampong confirmed that Kudus Mohammed will not be included in the Black Meteors’ squad for the tournament.

He indicated that Sulemana and Nuamah would be part of the team together with any other player(s) that the coach considers good enough.

“Kudus is not eligible because he was born in the year 2000 but there are other players in the Black Stars like Kamaldeen and Nuamah who would be needed in the Black Meteors”, he stated.

Ghana will hope to be part of the three finalist teams that will qualify for the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris.

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