Kamal Sowa’s type for Club Brugge within the Champions League has earned him a World Cup call-up for Ghana, because the uncapped striker was included within the nation’s squad for Qatar on Monday.
The 22-year-old’s choice was a shock choice as coach Otto Edo named his 26-man squad for the match, the place the Black Stars will face Portugal, South Korea and Uruguay in Group H.
Sova has impressed because the Belgian membership progress to the final 16 of the Champions League, beating Atlético Madrid and Bayer Leverkusen within the course of.
The 22-year-old was additionally the primary name for midfielder Salis Abdul Sameed, who has been an everyday for Racing Lens this season as he strikes to second place within the French Ligue 1 standings.
Former Spain worldwide Iñaki Williams and England under-21 worldwide Tariq Lamptey, who had thrown his lot with Ghana two months earlier, have been each included, however Ghana persuaded England worldwide Callum Hudson Odoi to modify his allegiance. I failed.
Ghana have been pressured to call three inexperienced goalkeepers after their first two decisions – Charlton Athletic’s Jojo Woollacott and South Africa’s Richard Ofori – have been each injured in membership motion.
The workforce might be captained by Dede Ayu, who was a part of the workforce that reached the quarter-finals in South Africa in 2010 – solely the third time an African nation has reached the final eight of a World Cup.
Shaft:
Goalkeeper: Lawrence Ati-Zigi (St Gallen), Dunlad Ibrahim (Asante Kotko), Manaf Nooruddin (Upen)
Protector: Joseph Aidoo (Celta Vigo), Daniel Amarte (Leicester City), Abdul-Rahman Baba (Reading), Alexander Ziku (Racing Strasbourg), Tariq Lamptey (Brighton & Hove Albion), Gideon Mensah (AJ Auxerre) and Denis Odoi (Club Brugge) ) ) Mohamed Salisu (Southampton), Alidu Sedu (Claremont Foot)
Midfielder: Andre Ayew (Al Sadd), Mohamed Quddus (Ajax Amsterdam), Daniel-Kofi Kyareh (SC Freiburg), Elisha Owusu (Gent), Thomas Partey (Arsenal), Salis Abdul Samad (Racing Lens)
forward: Daniel Afriyi (Hearts of Oak), Jordan Ayew (Crystal Palace), Usman Bukhari (Red Star Belgrade), Isshaqi Abdul Fatawu (Sporting Lisbon), Antoine Semenyo (Bristol City), Kamal Sowah (Club Brugge), Kamaldin Suleimana (Stade Rennes) ) ), Inky Williams (Athletic Bilbao).
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
