The Cape Verdean team which has overshadowded gaints like Morocco and Angola in the second group of Group A was such a surprise to Africa at large.
And today the justly awarded Black Stars play with the Islanders but they would need to be careful of their reputation as one of the tournaments “favourites”.
However, neither side is expected to do its best going into this game and Coach Lucio Antunes will be counting much more on his players and the Ghanaian specialist, Mubarak Wakaso will probably return from his injru and suspension

 

• Ghana (26) and Cape Verde (70) are separated by some 43 places on the current Fifa national team rankings.

• Cape Verde coach Lucio Antunes is actually employed most of the year as an air-traffic controller.

• Antunes also represented Cape Verde across three disciplines – football, basketball, and tennis – and is the sixth member of his immediate family to earn national caps in football, along with his father and all four brothers.

• Manchester United’s Luis Nani and Patrice Evra, France’s Patrick Vieira, as well as Swedish legend Henrik Larsson have either full or part Cape Verdean parentage.

• The population occupying the 10 islands comprising the Cape Verdean archipelago -estimated at a little over 500,000 – is several times less than the 4.5 million-plus that inhabit Ghana’s capital, Accra.

• The Black Stars of Ghana have qualified for the last two World Cups, in 2010 and 2006.

 

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