[ 2014-06-11 ]

Ghana's Majeed Waris in race to be fit for FIFA World Cup
The injury was at first thought to be relatively
minor, incurred during the fourth minute of
Monday's 4-0 friendly victory over South Korea.

"He had a knock on his left thigh," said team
doctor Baba Adam.

"We initially tried to see if he could go back to
play but we realised it was an injury that needed
to be taken care of and managed well.

"We did an MRI on the quadriceps and what we
realised is that, there was a tear.

"We hope to get him on to the field again pretty
soon. However, we are still monitoring him to the
deadline when we will give our final statement on
his state of affairs."

Waris' absence would be a huge blow after the
diminutive attacker played an integral part in
Ghana's qualification for Brazil, during which he
scored three goals.

"The FIFA deadline is (June) 15, so we will
monitor until that day and see how things turn
up," said Adam before adding that Waris is
improving and "can now bend his knee with little
pain."

Ghana begin their World Cup campaign against the
United States on Monday before meeting Germany on
June 21 and Portugal on June 26.

Source - allsports.com

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