Two Medeama SC players are to be selected by Chris Hughton for the upcoming 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification match between Ghana and Central African Republic , Ghanasportspage.com has exclusively learnt.
The crucial qualifier takes place at the Kumasi Babayara sports stadium on September 7th and the Black Stars must win the game in order to easily qualify for the AFCON finals to be staged in Ivory Coast early next year.
Medeama defied all odds to win the 2022/23 Ghana Premier League title and in their first CAF Champions League campaign , the Yellow and Mauves have accounted for Remo Stars of Nigeria in the First Round of the competition.
The Champions of Ghana won 1-0 in Ghana before losing the second leg by the same margin on Sunday in Nigeria. The Ghanaians went ahead to claim a 3-2 penalty shootout victory to advance to the next round.
Two outstanding players of the team ; Jonathan Sowah and Derrick Fordjour are now in line for their first Black Stars call-up. Ghanasportspage.com is told Hughton will invite the Medeama duo as part of his stand-bye list.
Sowah , who netted against Remo Stars last weekend , finished as fourth joint-top goal scorer of the Ghana Premier League last season on 12 goals whilst Fordjour has excited fans with his aesthetic football displays.
