Nana Otto Addo (born 9 June 1975) is a German – born Ghanaian football manager and former player. He is currently the manager of the Ghana national football team, and works as a talent coach for Borussia Dortmund.
Otto Addo named a fairly youthful side against the European powerhouse, Switzerland in the last friendly game before the World Cup.
The side featured the likes of Elisha Owusu, Salis Ahmed, Tariq Lamptey, Muhammed Salisu, and Daniel Afriyie Barnieh, the only outfield player from the betPawa Premier League.
The exciting forward gave a good account of himself in the over half an hour he played on to be replaced by Kamal Sowah.
When he asked about his first game, he remarked that it was a good game and he wasn’t under any pressure to deliver.
“It was a good game. There was no pressure. I stick to what the coaches said and everything went well for me” he told a Sports station.
Daniel Afriyie Barnieh put up a solid game in Ghana’s 2-0 victory over Switzerland and will be hoping for more game time when the tournament kicks off this weekend.
Ghana is billed to play, Portugal, Uruguay, and South Korea at the World Cup.
Black Stars on Thursday morning locked horns with their Swiss counterpart in a friendly match staged in Abu Dhabi.
Courtesy of goals from defender Mohammed Salisu and attacker Antoine Semenyo, Ghana cruised to a deserved 2-0 win.
Assessing the performance of his team after the game, Ghana coach Otto Addo said he is happy.
He has, however, rallied his players to turn the believe to overcome the difficult task ahead of them.
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