The Damba of Ghana wants Cameroon and not Egypt

Ghana's former goalkeeper and coach Abukari Damba wants the Black Stars to oppose "not too strong" opponents in the final draw of the next Africa Cup of Nations.

The Black Stars are part of the 24 teams waiting to know their fate in the draw for Friday for the first round of the tournament held from June 21 to July 19 in Egypt.

Thursday, Ghana was transferred to pot 2 against the expected pot 1, which would have seen Kwesi Appiah holding off some heavyweights in the group stage.

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"Afcon is the best tournament on the continent and, as the draw draws near, there are many expectations," said Damba, a member of Ghana's selection at Afcon 1992. Goal.

"We are hungry for the trophy but my only disappointment is that Ghana is not among the top seeds because of the use of the FIFA rankings.

"But we still hope to be part of a group that favors us, even if we have to be ready for anything."

Damba shed more light on his expectations.

"I would like us to draw lots of countries that are not too strong, but football in Africa has evolved and there are no maenads in football.

"It's only about your own qualities and how you exploit the weakness of your opponents, so I do not really care about who we are facing, but not the host country," he said. ;Egypt."

The former shooter also chose his ideal opponents for the Black Stars in each of the pots.

"At pot 1, we did very well against [defending champions] Cameroon in the past and we play more or less the same style, compared to a North African country.

"At pot 3, it would not bother me to know who we are dealing with, but if I'm pushed, I will choose Kenya, these are people I will love to meet and bad them right for them to understand. their level [on the back of the troubles caused the Black Stars during the qualifying series].

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"In the last pot, I will very much like to see us meet Burundi because during my days at the game, we met them at a World Cup qualifier and they beat us 1 "I will love the Black Stars to avenge this defeat."

Ghana, four-time winner of Afcon, won the competition for the last time in 1982.