Ghana sweat on fitness of skipper Gyan
Ghana coach Avram Grant has admitted captain Asamoah Gyan is a doubt for the quarter-finals of the Africa Cup of Nations after he came off injured against Egypt on Wednesday.
Ghana’s forward Asamoah Gyan reacts as he is substituted after being injured during the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations group D football match between Egypt and Ghana in Port-Gentil on January 25, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / Justin TALLIS
“It’s not looking so good but Gyan is a very strong boy,” said Grant when asked about the extent of the problem.
“We will need to wait and see. We will have a scan and then we will know better.”
Gyan was making his 99th international appearance and was looking to score his 50th goal for his country, but he went down with a groin injury towards the end of the first half and eventually came off.
Jordan Ayew replaced him as Ghana lost the Group D game in Port-Gentil 1-0.
Gyan described himself as a “victim” of a dreadful playing surface that has already come in for widespread criticism.
He added: “I felt a stretch in my adductor, so I don’t know the extent of the injury.
“I’m in pain right now. Tomorrow (Thursday) I will see the doctor. We will go for the MRI and then we can decide the extent of the injury.”
The Black Stars, runners-up in 2015, will face DR Congo in the quarter-finals in Oyem on Sunday.
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