Hotels In Kumasi Already Fully Booked By Visitors For Ghana – Nigeria Clash

Hotels in Kumasi are fully booked ahead of the decisive 2022 World Cup qualifiers playoffs first leg between the West African giants, Ghana and Nigeria on Friday.

The two arch-rivals who have an extremely close-tie will lock horns at the Baba Yara Stadium for the first leg tie on March 25.

And in anticipation of the crunch game which is expected to have a global TV audience stretching into the hundreds of millions, hotels in and around Kumasi are already fully booked by visitors.

Reports say that bookings have been made by fans and several stakeholders all in a bid to watch the titanic clash.

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Prices have skyrocketed beyond expectation as the Black Stars breezed to town to take on their biggest rivals in global football. The Ghanaian team received a rousing welcome when they touched down in the Garden City on Tuesday.

The Black Stars whitewashed Egypt 6-1 at the Baba Yara Sports stadium on October 15, 2013, making the second leg in Cairo a mere formality. Ghana qualified for the World Cup in 2014 thanks to the win in Kumasi.

The 6-1 drubbing is not the only famous win by Ghana in Kumasi. A year before the game against Egypt, the Black Stars thrashed Lesotho 7-0 at the same venue.

The Black Stars also defeated Ethiopia 5-0 at the Baba Yara sports Stadium during the qualifiers for AFCON 2019. Kumasi produces goals for the Black Stars, the reason they except the Super Eagles to panic.