Ghanaian fiery ex-international, Laryea Kingston has rated the upcoming clash between his country’s national team, Black Stars and the Super Eagles of Nigeria as a grudge match that would be won only by the team whose stars are ready to play their hearts out.
With seconds ticking away towards the May 28th match at Brentford’s GTech Stadium in West London, England, Sports247 gathered that many former players from both countries continue rolling out heated banter to shore up attention in the encounter, which will be the second semi-final in this year’s Unity Cup, a day after the first game holds between Jamaica and Trinidad.
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Incidentally, though Kingston had a chequered career with the Black Stars, which made him miss their outings at the 2006 and 2010 FIFA World Cups, one of his historic days with the Ghanaian team was when he scored in their 4-1 rout of the Super Eagles during the 2007 Unity Cup that was also decided in London.
The 44-year-old former all-action midfielder-cum-winger, who retired from active football in 2015, was in 2022 named an assistant coach in Ghana’s under-17 national team, but, for now, Kingston is thinking more about the senior squad’s upcoming clash with Nigeria.
“We all know Ghana/Nigeria games are important for the two nations, because we are brothers. I always say Ghana and Nigeria are brothers, though we have Togo and Benin Republic between us.
“We click together more than the other two countries. So, every game between us is very competitive. It is always a game in which everybody has to focus very well and play their hearts out,” said Kingston, who played for clubs in Libya, Israel, Netherlands, Russia, Israel and Scotland during his heyday.
