Ghana great Asamoah Gyan believes the country would do all possible to qualify for their fifth World Cup, despite being assigned a difficult group in the draw on Thursday afternoon.
After being placed in Group I, Ghana will play Mali with old adversaries Madagascar, Central African Republic, Comoros, and Chad.
Gyan was among the African football giants who presided over the draw in Ivory Coast, and he believes the Black Stars have what it takes to advance.
Despite their recent form slump and poor performances, the 37-year-old feels confident in Ghana’s chances.
“It is not going to be easy because the expectation is high back home. We will try our possible best to make sure we also qualify.”
“Since we qualified to the World Cup for the first time in 2006, we are getting used to the World Cup,” Gyan said
“We’ll do our best to qualify for the tournament.”
Gyan announced his retirement a few weeks ago, having set the record for the most goals scored by an African in the World Cup. He is also the Black Stars’ all-time leading scorer, with 51 goals in 109 games.
Ghana is the only side among their opponents to have qualified for the World Cup, and they hope to secure their fifth qualifying and put up a greater performance than their previous one.
They were eliminated in the group stage of their past two World Cup campaigns, in 2014 and 2022.
The winner of each of the nine groups of six will receive automatic World Cup qualifying, while the four best runners-up from the groups will compete in a mini-play-off round.
The tournament champion will go to an intercontinental play-off, with the possibility of becoming the 10th African side to qualify for the competition.
