Ghanaian Fans Rip GFA Apart After Late Release of Squad to Face Nigeria in World Cup Play Off

• Ghanaian football fans have been on the necks of the Football Association following the late release of the squad to face Nigeria
• The Ghana Football Association announced a 27-man squad for the two-legged encounter with the Super Eagles of Nigeria
• Ghana will their rivals in the first-leg at the Kumasi Baba Yara Sports Stadium on Friday before the second leg in Abuja

The Ghana Football Association has finally released a strong 27-man squad to face Nigeria in the play-off of the World Cup qualifiers.

The list was released early Tuesday morning after massive criticisms from the fans of the national team over the delay in naming the team.

Fans took to Twitter to vent their spleen with just two days left for the blockbuster encounter against the Super Eagles.

The Black Stars will be led by interim coach Otto Addo as Ghana hopes to make a return to the World Cup after missing the tournament in Russia four years ago.

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Otto Addo was a member of Ghana's first team at the World Cup in Germany 2006.

How fans reacted to the release of Ghana's squad

A lot were unhappy with the timing of the release while other complained about COVID-stricken Jordan Ayew's inclusion to the squad.

Here are some tweets:

@bra_eko wrote:

GFA decided to release the squad while we were sleeping and still managed to transfer Joseph Aidoo to Bordeaux. The other day too there were mistakes on the flier of the president’s cup. Such a joke. You can’t make this up.

@F12_official added:

Confused GFA... Why? JOSEPH AIDOO is a Celta Vigo player.

@KwabenaNiee posted:

So After keeping the list for more than 2 weeks they didn’t know Joseph Aidoo play’s for Celta vigo but not Bordeaux

@blackstarsfan wrote:

Guys Jordan Ayew plays in one of the top leagues in the World regularly. This slander as though he isn’t good at all baffles me. Sure he may not be playing to his full potential when it comes to scoring but he’s no slouch.

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@OnlyAsaase added:

Jordan Ayew has Covid but still in the list..how is this possible???

@fredericknuetei

Crystal Palace striker Jordan Ayew won't be available yet despite being named in the Ghana team.

GFA release Ghana squad to face Nigeria

Earlier, Sports Brief reported that interim Black Stars coach Otto Addo belatedly announced his squad to cross swords with West African neighbours Nigeria.

The four-time African champions announced their squad for the all-important assignment on Tuesday morning after what was described as a 'special strategy' by the Ghana Football Association to keep the squad close to their chest.

Ghana will cross swords with Nigeria in the World Cup playoffs on March 25 at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium for the first leg before heading to the Moshood Abiola National Stadium in Abuja four days later.