Afcon U33: Huge boost for the Black Meteors as frontman Ropapa Mensah is set to join team

Black Metoers has been boosted by the arrival of forward Ropapa Mensah ahead of the upcoming U23 AFCON tournament in Egypt

His early return is as a result of his club’s Nashville SC elimination from the USL Eastern Conference semi-finals playoffs on Saturday night

Ropapa Mensah played as a second half substitute as Nashville SC lost by a narrow 1-0 to Indy Eleven at home

The former Inter Allies maskman arrival into the camp of the Black Meteors was hugely dependent on the outcome of the match on Saturday night as victory for Nashville SC would have meant the Ghanaian would have had an extended stay with club before joining his colleagues later in Egypt

Saturday’s defeat means Ropapa Mensah will join the team in Egypt before the tournament begins

Head coach Ibrahim Tanko and his squad will leave Accra on Monday enroute to Egypt ahead of the tournament which commences on the 8-22 of November

The best three teams at the tournament will qualify for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games football tournament

By: Kanyiri Suburu Lucio/@SuburuAbdulai