Afcon U23: Mission impossible as Black Meteors have fifteen players available for the cagey encounter against Algeria

Ghana Black Meteors has an uphill task of making it past their Algeria in the second leg qualifier for the second edition of Africa U23 championship in Egypt

Coach Ibrahim Tanko and his charges will be going into the final qualifiers with only fifteen players available for selection

Rock solid defender Zakaria Fuseini collapsed at the team’s final training in Setif, and after resuscitation, the player may not recover early enough for the all important clash this evening

Ghana received a very late communique from CAF drawing their attention of a suspension for midfield dynamo Majeed Ashimeru for today’s game after picking two yellow cards in the previous qualifiers

Fellow midfielder Osman Bukari is not also available for today’s all important game in Algeria after been taken ill leaving the technical team with only thirteen outfield players and two goalkeepers

The technical team were forced to travel with only eighteen players as against their request of twenty

Kick off is 7:45pm Ghana Time

By: Kanyiri Suburu Lucio/@SuburuAbdulai