Ghana defender Gideon Mensah says it is a different Black Stars that will take on the Super Eagles in Tuesday’s 2022 World Cup qualifying playoffs.
The Black Stars failed to take advantage of the first leg of the qualifier after settling for a goalless draw in Kumasi on Friday.
All hopes is not lost for the four-time AFCON winners as they just need a score draw to qualify.
For the Eagles they need an outright win to make a seventh appearance at the World Cup.
And speaking in Monday’s presser, Mensah says the he and his teammates will put in more fighting spirit to make sure they achieve their goal.
“We had a fighting spirit in the first leg in Kumasi and the game ended goalless so obviously we have won nothing. We are here to push more and give more fighting spirit so you should expect something more than we did in Kumasi.“
The 23-year-old Bordeaux player stated that it is either the qualification ticket or nothing for the Black Stars.
“We are not thinking about Ghana not qualifying, we are qualifying obviously.”
By James Agberebi in Abuja
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Here in Abuja right? You think this is your unfriendly kumasi stadium?
You will soon wake up from your slumber.
Ghana has already won one against u
The lights goes out in abiola staduim sad
https://youtu.be/O000E-GFgYU
Sad smfh
YES the light went off because stars can’t be black!!…you can use the light from the stars to play nah, shebi you be black stars?..that is how we will extinguish the remaining black from you eyes come today !!
What nonsense is this wailer talking about, the time you were given to train has elapse, you were told to come out, but you refused. what were they still doing on the field? They want to wear out the grass the way did to their own stadium abi? they off the light so you people can get out of there, since you don’t have common sense to keep to time.
Keep giving your compatriots faint hopes.
It’s allowed, we’re hospitable like that
Nepa did their thing again…. Lol
https://youtu.be/O000E-GFgYU
They did it deliberately against us but is ok
Is Africa smfh
Ode, NEPA does NEPA exists??
Idiot from useless Ghana..When you were using scaffolding ladder in the airport in your useless kumasi or whatever for our players you didn’t know…Asshole you ain’t seen anything yet..I wish it was in Lagos they will beat those players join..
Your bench warmer musa said they were going to surprise Ghana in kumasi and we all saw the results so what is wrong if Mensah too say expert a different black stars what is the problem.. .or u shake?
Gana will get 2 red card the results is 3_0 gbam If you like ganagana your self or gbagabga your self 3 condoooooo
Nepa has already given Nigeria this red card hahah
https://youtu.be/O000E-GFgYU
Nepa gave themselves and Nigerians this sad red card sad
You have right to say anything you want but mind you, you were not able to score a goal in front of your 50,000 fans but you want beat naija in naija.
Look at this sad even from a half plot country , you don’t even have a standard stadium in the whole country as well as a ramp in an international airport , yet you have the audacity to state rubbish here ?..well Nepa wants you to use your stars to train in the dark night , abi you call yourselves black stars!!
What is this one talking about, the time you were given to train has elapse, what were they still doing on the field? They want to wear out the grass the way did to their own stadium abi? they off the light so you people can get out of there, since you don’t have common sense to keep to time.
Ghana may likely put up the kind of fight Zambia put in that WCQ match in Portharcourt. Iwobu saves the day with a fine goal. But Las Las, we will win
Even in the lights off, the Ghanaians defied this antics and kept on grinding wow
Real determination from THE ONE AND ONLY BLACK STARS!! Soldiers march on
The Ghanaian players were sweating, great warmup
https://youtu.be/L4_ZGDpAlkc
We never say die until the bones are rotten
WE ARE GHANA!!
Another mind game from Ghana all out of disrespect and sheer hatred for Nigeria. Well in Kumasi , they showed their guts no doubt , but they did something that made me smile , they underestimated the super Eagles something super Eagles would never do .
They started this war shit
They called super Eagles super chickens
They said so much shit that it burns them that they’re not even and can never be in Nigeria ‘s shoes . They are jealous and that the problem all these while.
I give it to them their zeal , but let them note this the Super Eagles that they’re gonna play with tomorrow is not the one they met in Kumasi and that’s because there minds are focused on one thing and that is going to the world cup. So if it’s a war they want,then it’s war they’ll eventually get .
We talking about soccer here but you bringing up light issue like same don’t happen in Ghana? It’s few hours away, and winner most emerge, why not reserve this your noise till after the match?
Look at this deranged human being from a half plot country ?..you are talking about disgrace !.is it not disgrace enough that your international airport have no ramp?..it is not disgrace enough that the whole of Ghana have no table for proper press conference for our team ?..it is not disgrace enough that you used a fake national flag and Anthem for a home team ?…so an average Ghanaian don’t know the real Nigeria flag ?..it is not disgrace enough that all your stupid and childish antic did not take Ghana anywhere!!..any way Ghana is known for being serial cheats , they did it to South Africa but Nigeria is another ball game , we don’t take last !!
What is this one talking about, the time you were given to train has elapse, what were they still doing on the field? They want to wear out the grass the way did to their own stadium abi? they off the light so you people can get out of there, since you don’t have common sense to keep to time.
@Selfmafe,are you alright if yes, come to this platform tomorrow by this time, or kindly drop you phone contact so I can say hi to you.
Why do u want to talk to a guy who isn’t correct lol
You are afraid indeed, let’s meet in some hours here, if truly you are a man of honour as you claim.
I ll be here bro lol!! If Nigeria qualifies, I will wish them well afterall I have nothing against Nigeria haha
And if Ghana qualifies, I hope u ll be a man to wish us well ……..
@Selfmade, you’re a Liar..you’ll never wish us well. The way you’ve been going about this thing doesn’t show you’ll ever wish us well. Ghana isn’t the first country we will be playing in this series, why so much noise coming from you? Was that how you were jumping up and down on Kickoff.com before, during and after your matches with South Africa? You’re really complicating issues for yourself. Our players know better now. I’ll see how you’ll escape tomorrow
U have no idea!! U just jumping into conclusion tho
Don’t make it seems like Nigerians aren’t on Ghanaian websites doing the same thing tho
U can go a Ghanaian site and watch for ur self tho
Idiot from useless Ghana..When you were using scaffolding ladder in the airport in your useless kumasi or whatever for our players you didn’t know…Asshole you ain’t seen anything yet..I wish it was in Lagos they will beat those players join..
“We are not thinking about Ghana not qualifying, we are qualifying obviously.”
It’s just a pity with this bla bla bla and in the end after tomorrow match, you people will be weeping like babies lol.
You people did not play anything in the first leg in front of your home fans. Now that you are playing
away from home, you think you are good enough as a team to win?
You Ghanaians doesn’t know what is waiting for you in Abuja Nigeria comes tomorrow. You go collect wella lol. God is in control. God bless Nigeria!!!
Ur NIGERIAN team isn’t superior to this Ghanaian team
U know deep down in ur heart, u scared of this team lol
Stop lying to urself and my little advice to u is to be careful and take it easy tomorrow because this game is anybodys game
Ghana ll get an away goal! Mark it
You re fool come watch it tomorrow is 3 zero in favour of Nigeria
Ur son is a fool
U ugly BOKOM chimp haha
@selfmade Scared of this clueless short dwarf team that cant even score a goal even if there was no goalkeeper?I knew you are one deluded asshole high on some kind of low quality tramadol sold in that rubbish tiny country ghana
I disagree with you @omonija on this, I just finish rewatching that match, Ghana actually play better which can be understandable though, but my observation is this….cerezo shd deploy a way that our forward will double mark that idrissa baba of a guy, he tend to be holding on to the ball for too long, that’s what almost cause the penalty, he made same mistake against Real Madrid vs Mallorca which lead to Fede vervede closing him down and vini score, anyway we shd able to win tomorrow , God willing.
That was in the first half bro, Ghana was completely frizzled out in the second half. Nigeria played better in the second half and should have won; i think Ghana was lucky. I just rewatched the whole game on ESPN+.
Any update on DANIEL-KOFFI “AFRICAN LAMPARD” KYEREH??
Nigerians should not lose sleep over this light out issue. It was not a true reflection of what transpired.
What happened was that the official allotted time by CAF for training is 1 hour.But after the 1 hour they refused to leave despite the CAF officer asking them to leave.After about 30 more minutes of grace, the stadium officials put out the light and start shutting down the stadium. On Appeal by the CAF officer the light was put on back.
No one knows what ‘otomokpo’ they may have sprinkled or planted at the stadium as I an not sure any Nigerian officials or security was keeping a close watch on them.
So forget the propaganda, the generators in the abuja stadium can power half of Ghana
U ugly bitch
U talking about generators in the 21st century
U sick bastard haha
What happened to we are so RICH haha
U are microcosm of what’s wrong with the Nigeria lol
BIG FOR NOTHING Nigeria that can’t even produce a decent electricity for u haha
Stupid assholes!! U ll sleep and have all ur kids in that forsaken LIGHTLESS country haha
The abnormal has become ur normal
Soft PUTA lol
Why can’t people just ignore this guy. He’s obviously seeking relevance and trying to get people’s attention. Let him go to his Kumasi village and protest their problem there as he doesn’t belong here and not shouldn’t chooke his mouth in Nigerian matter
Thank God that the black stars has two options according to what the player said… He said it’s either the qualification ticket or nothing, so the super eagles of Nigeria will go with the qualification ticket while black stars goes with nothing…
Case settled