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Former Ghana FA Vice President, George Afriyie says the Football Association have assembled a good technical team to beat Nigeria in the  2022 World Cup playoff.

Ghana and Nigeria battle it out for a place in the 2022 World Cup to be staged in Qatar in November.

The first leg encounter comes off on March 25, 2022 at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium while the second leg will be played four days time at the Moshood Abiola Sports Stadium in Abuja.

The Ghana FA  after the 2021 AFCON disaster appointed a new technical team led by Dortmund assistant coach Otto Addo, Former Asante Kotoko coach Didi Dramani, George Boateng of Aston Villa U-23 team as assistants.

former Brighton boss Chris Houghton was appointed technical advisor to handle the Black Stars for this encounter.

According to George Afriyie, this is the best technical team ever assembled by the Ghana FA.

“If you look at the blend of the technical team, they have both coached and played at the highest level. This is the best technical team assembled by the Ghana Football Association. This will help a lot,” he told Happy FM.

George Afriyie further called on the Government to maintain the technical team even after the World Cup.

“I hope the government has the money, so, we can retain them for a longer period. Even the technical team put together has made the work easy. If you look at the blend, Otto Addo apart from being born in Germany is also a former player and now a German-trained coach. George Boateng is also a Ghanaian and has German and Dutch training.

“No doubt about Chri Hughton’s coaching expertise and Mas Ud-Didi Dramani needs no introduction in Ghana football. For the four to agree to work, we must commend the Ghana FA. We are far more advanced in terms of the technical area than the Nigerians”.