Confederation of African Football (CAF) has given the green light for Ghana to host its 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers opener against Angola at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium.

The match is scheduled for Thursday, September 5, 2024, as per the dates announced by CAF.

Recently, the stadium's pitch was severely damaged after a five-day church event, leaving it in a dire state.

A video trending on social media shared showed the once lush green pitch looking dead and brown.

Despite the damage, representatives from the National Sports Authority (NSA) in the Ashanti Region have reassured fans that they are taking swift action to restore the pitch to its optimal condition.

"We have a robust plan, a crack field, and a maintenance team to recover the pitch and restore the facility in general in record time throughout August. Stakeholders can rest assured," the NSA Ashanti Region stated in a post.

Meanwhile, Angola manager Pedro Gonçalves, speaking ahead of the game has called for a 'fair' game following unspecified displeasing treatment in their last outing against Ghana in Kumasi.

"Both games in the last qualifiers were very balanced, so I guess we have our chances this time.

I hope we will have a good game in Kumasi because the last time, a lot of things happened, so I hope CAF opens their eyes.

A lot happened, and Ghana doesn’t need to be in that situation. I am hoping for a fair match, and in the end, we will see who’s going to win," he said.

Ghana and Angola are in Group F for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers along with Sudan and Niger.

Both nations faced each other during the 2023 AFCON qualifiers, where Ghana won the first leg 1-0 and drew the second leg 1-1.