Assistant coach of Black Stars, Desmond Ofei have no doubt that the team will qualify for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, which will come off in the United States, Canada, and Mexico.
Ofei, who also serve as the head coach of Ghana U20 was recently appointed to replace Joseph Laumann as the first-team assistant coach - together with technical advisor - Winfried Schäfer, Kris Perquy as the new psychologist, Gregory De Grauwe as the video analyst.
The were appointed to bring-in fresh ideas in improving the technical team of the Black Stars ahead of the of the 2026 World Cup qualifiers, following Otto Addo's failure to qualify the team for the 2025 AFCON.
Speaking to Citi Sports, Ofei characterized his new role as a key development opportunity.
"Yeah, I mean being part of the technical team of the “A” national team is a privilege, very honored to be given the opportunity," he said.
"I think my role is to make sure that as is the head coach as best as I can being part of the technical team is going to be an experience for me personally.
"I feel like the setup looks really really strong with a very experienced technical advisor in the name of Shafar, so you know Winfried Shafar.
"I feel like the chemistry is going to be there. We have a lot of work to do we but I think we’re in a good position to qualify the team to the World Cup and everybody’s hungry everybody’s really hungry and we have a new you know head of video analyst, we have a psychologist or sports mental coach as you want to call it, so I feel like everybody’s hungry to make sure that we qualify to the World Cup."
With the World Cup qualifiers set to resume next Month (March), the Black Stars are second in Group I with nine points - Ghana will take on Chad and Madagascar.
In the two decisive fixtures, Ghana well play host to Chad on March 17, before jetting out to square-it-out with Madagascar on March 24.
By: Pascal Amoah
