Ghana
Pedigree Qualification was a little stressful for Ghana: It required three coaches, a controversial penalty kick and a fraught playoff victory over Nigeria to carry the Black Stars — so close to being semifinalists in 2010, but absent entirely in 2018 — to Qatar.
The Story Otto Addo, the last of those three coaches, has seen his resources bolstered by a steady supply of newly registered, dual national recruits, including Tariq Lamptey, a Brighton right back, and Iñaki Williams, the Athletic Bilbao forward whose brother, Nico, has been included in Spain’s squad.
Key Question The extent to which Addo succeeds in blending together those new faces with the established figures in his squad — the likes of Thomas Partey and the Ayew brothers, Andre and Jordan — as well as an exciting crop of emerging youngsters will define how Ghana fares in what is, admittedly, a tough group.
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