Former Communications Director of the Ghana Football Association, Ibrahim Saanie Daara has defended the decision to delay the release of Ghana’s squad for the 2022 World Cup.
Black Stars head coach Otto Addo is reported to have submitted his provisional squad to FIFA last Friday but is yet to make the squad known to the public.
A move that has been backed by Saanie Daara, who insists delaying the release of the squad to the public as long as possible is the right tactic ahead of the global showpiece.
“World football has changed completely, and I agree with the point that sometimes you should trick your opponents a bit. As part of it, I will agree with the thought we should not make public our full squad to anybody until the World Cup when we are able to pull surprises,” he told JoySports Link.
The CAF Media officer argued that Ghana must go into the tournament with some element of surprise.
“If it is, we want to please fans as they want to know what the squad looks like, fans should also understand that the World Cup is the big deal”
“Through these friendly matches, you can see some of your errors, and players who can fit in certain positions or not. But also, you must go into the tournament with some element of surprise.
“If you don’t and maybe you start playing with your first full team in your friendly matches, already you have given maybe 80% of your strategy to your opponents. These days, people are going into the nitty-gritty, the tiniest details before they play matches. We have 3 video analysts, Portugal has 20. Which means they are monitoring the movements and tricks of every player you have.”, he added.
Ghana are in Group H alongside Portugal, Uruguay and South Korea.
The 2022 World Cup is set to take place between November 21 and December 18, 2022
