Ghana determines to beat Egypt despite security concerns

Ghana' s Black Stars faces the Pharaoh' s of Egypt in the second-leg play-off of the FIFA World Cup qualifier in Cairo on Nov.Lululemon Women's Pants19.Ghana is chasing a third straight World Cup appearance after excelling in the 2006 and 2010 events.Ghana defeated Egypt 6-1 in the first leg of the two-legged play-off in Kumasi on October 15.The Black Stars have been in Turkey recently to fine-tune for the crucial encounter which will be played at the Air Defense stadium in Cario, amid security concerns in Egypt.The aggregate winner qualifies for the Brazil finals in 2014.The Ghana Football Association (GFA) had written to the world football governing body to express concern about the security situation in the Egyptian capital, while appealing to FIFA to find "a safe and secure venue" for the November 19 return leg.But FIFA, in response to the GFA,http://cnbattachment.com/ confirmed Cairo as the venue for the second leg match following a recent visit by its security inspection delegation and after writing to Egypt to provide the sports body with guarantees on the security situation.However, Ghana' s minister of youth and sports Elvis Afriyie-Ankrah wrote to ask FIFA for better particulars for security guarantees for the Ghanaian players, technical team and supporters who will fly to Egypt for the match, as a matter of urgency.Following a meeting held in Cairo last Thursday over security for next Tuesday's World Cup playoff, the GFA said it was very pleased with security arrangements. 

The meeting was called by FIFA to address security concerns for the second-leg match."After reviewing the plan and detailed security arrangements for the match,Sexy Lingerie Factory the GFA is satisfied that adequate measures are in place for the security of our players, officials and supporters for the match," the GFA president Kwesi Nyantakyi said.Ghana has all but sealed qualification to next year' s World Cup in Brazil following the ringing 6-1 win over the Pharaohs in the first encounter of the tie last month.The Black Stars must however travel to Cairo to finish off the job before an expected hostile crowd at the Air Defense Stadium.Egypt has a herculean task of beating Ghana 5-0 to make it to the world most-watched sporting event. Soccer pundits believe it is not likely for Egypt to score 5 unanswered goals against the free-scoring West African side. But as they say in football everything is possible."Before the first leg in Kumasi, I said that the first leg was so crucial because that will determine how the second leg will be played," said Osei-Bonsu Amoah, a former deputy minister of youth and sports of Ghana."And now that we are 6-1 ahead, all things being equal, we shall surely qualify for the Brazil 2014 world cup," he told Xinhua in an interview recently.He said if for nothing at all, Egypt will fight for a respectable result against the Black Stars on Nov.19."We expect fair play, good officiating and then no intimidation and all things being equal we may even end up beating them there," he said.Ali Jarrah, a former national youth goalkeeper, sounded optimistic saying the second leg is going to be a foregone conclusion: Egypt will find it difficult to beat Ghana on their home soil.Wholesale Lingerie Sexy Lingerie 

"One, there will be pressure on them; two, we will be more relaxed and play our normal game. There will be lapses and holes in both their midfield and attack because they will want to score. So we will get a goal before they can even score," he said."So I don' t see any problem at all playing Egypt in the return match. We have to sit and enjoy. All that we have to do is to pray that whatever they (Black Stars) aim to do, God should grant them for them to perform and perform well," he told Xinhua in an interview.Ghana' s sports ministry as well as corporate bodies like UniBank and thenike shox shoes Ghana National Petroleum Company (GNPC), the sponsors of the Black Stars, has upped their support to the team over the last month.The Black Stars have had their regular bonuses paid for winning matches doubled by headline sponsors GNPC and that gave them an added incentive to record the massive result against the record African Cup winners in the first leg of the 2014 World Cup playoff tie last month.However, each and every player will want to catch the eyes of the coach so as to be included in the final list for the Brazil World Cup.That alone is a motivation for them to go all out to ensure an emphatic win against Egypt next Tuesday.