Following the Unity Cup matches, Black Stars captain Jordan Ayew commended the new players’ performances.
Ghana took part in a four-nation competition at the Gtech Community Stadium in London earlier this month. Five players received their first call-ups to the senior national team, but a number of important players were removed from Otto Addo’s final roster before the tournament.
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With a 4-0 victory over Trinidad and Tobago, the Black Stars recovered from a 2-1 loss to Nigeria in their semifinal match to secure third place.
“The other players couldn’t make it, but in Ghana we have a lot of talent, and the new players showed their quality in the two matches,” the Leicester City attacker told the Ghana FA media.
“There is always a need for us to try some new players. We trained only twice before the first game, but the boys looked ready, sharp and confident in the game against Trinidad and Tobago and that showed in our performance.”
With the Black Stars set to take on Chad and Mali in the next round of the 2026 World Cup qualifiers in September, Ayew also added that he hopes to see improvement in the performance of the team.
“Hopefully, we have all the players back in the subsequent games so that we can fight for the points in the World Cup qualifiers,” he added.
Ghana will make a trip to face Chad before hosting Mali, all in the Matchday 7 and 8 games of the qualifiers.
