Ghana captain Asamoah Gyan says the Black Stars are in Equatorial Guinea to perform and are focused on qualifying from a "very tough group" and go as far as they can.

"We don’t really know how far we can go but we came here to perform. Everybody came here to perform. What matters is to qualify from the group stages and then we think ahead. We're in the group of death and it's going to be very tough, that’s why we are hoping to qualify. When we qualify we got a better chance," the Al Ain forward said.

A major doubt for the opener against Senegal because of sickness, Gyan said remaining fit during the tournament would be key for the Black Stars hopes.

"Our fans should just keep on praying for us to be fit; that’s the most important. When we are fit, anything can be fine. So they should keep on praying for us and everything will be fine in God's name," Gyan said.

Readers Comment

• paradox 9 years ago

  stop giving yo fans false hope. 28 jan u r coming back home,

• rhymes 9 years ago

  massa even when we prayed for your fitness and gave you all the gh money in brazil you guys still failed us. nawa oo abeg cpt mk we think.