Ghana coach will do Serbia no favours at World Cup
Ghana coach Milovan Rajevac has said he will not do his Serbian compatriots any favours when the teams meet in next year's World Cup Group D opener.
A section of the Ghana media has questioned his loyalty after the Black Stars were drawn to play his home country in the group phase of next year's tournament.
Serbia play Ghana in Pretoria on June 13 and the outcome could be vital in the scrap for a top-two finish in a tight group including 2006 semi-finalists Germany and Australia.
The Serbian manager, who made history by qualifying the Black Stars to the World Cup without conceding a goal, says he wants to continue to make his mark in world football by beating his country at the tournament to advance.
"Some media in Ghana have sunk into complete euphoria after we qualified for the World Cup and suggest that I may not be fully committed to beating Serbia when we clash," Rajevac told Reuters in a telephone interview on Tuesday.
"That is complete nonsense, I can understand their passion but they should think again because I am not going there to give away matches, we want to at least emulate the 2006 success when Ghana reached the last 16 under fellow Serb Ratomir Dujkovic.
"Of course I wish Serbia all the best and I will be a very happy man if both teams go through to the knockout rounds and reach the final, which is also theoretically possible.
"It is going to be tough for both teams to get past the group stage though, because Germany are the favourites while Australia are no pushovers either."