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Satellites To Host South Africa

28.05.2009 LISTEN
By Times Sports Reporter - newtimesonline.com

Ghana's U-20 national team, the Black Satellites will engage their South African counterparts in an international friendly at the  Ohene Djan  Stadium in Accra on Saturday.

The game forms part of their preparations ahead of the FIFA World  U-20 Championships  scheduled for  Egypt in September.

Ghana are the African champions at this level having won the title in Rwanda in January beating Cameroon in the final.  They will be hoping to become the first African side to win the World Champions in Egypt.

This Saturday's game kicks off at  4:00 pm and will offer Satellites coach Sellas Tetteh an opportunity to access some of his players as he puts a squad together for the World Championships.

The South Africans have also qualified for this event and are also  shaping up for the Egypt Championships as they seek to impress at the tourney.

Ghana has been drawn in a tough group for the World Championships and will come out against  England,  Uruguary and Uzbekistan.

The  Satellites after this game, will head on to Venezuela for a tour nation tourney before completing their preparations in Dubai for the World Championships.

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