Fred Crenstil, Vice President of Ghana Football Association (GFA) claims hosting Egypt first in the FIFA World Cup play-offs grants the seven times African champions an advantage.
Ghana were on Monday drawn with the Pharaohs in the final qualifiers for a place in the FIFA 2014 World Cup billed for Brazil.
Crenstil told GNA Sports after the drew in Lexor, Egypt that �Egypt is a very formidable team and they are playing well. We will have to be careful. We playing at home first also give them (Egypt) an advantage.
�It is the most difficult game, looking at the pairings. It is the final of finals. We need to start preparations immediately.�
Ghana host the first leg at the weekend of October 11-15 before visiting the North Africans on the weekend of November 15-19 for the second leg.
The winner over the two-leg becomes one of Africa�s five representatives at the quadrennial event.
The last time both teams met in a competitive match was at the finals of the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations in Angola where Ghana were 0-1 losers.
When both last met in January, in a build up to Ghana�s campaign to the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations in South Africa, Ghana emerged 3-0 victors, but Crenstil is quick to discount the psychological edge the Black Stars may have as a result.
He said �We beat them in a friendly as part of preparation for the Cup of Nations but it does not give us an edge.�
The Black Stars are hoping for a third successive appearance at the mundial, following previous attendance in Germany 2006 and South Africa 2010.
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