By Ameenu Shardow
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Winger Christian Atsu admits to the enormous task Ghana is faced with at the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations having been drawn against top sides in the same group.
The Black Stars are up against it having been put in Group C alongside Algeria, Senegal and South Africa.
The Ghana team is still considered to be suffering from the after-effects of their disappointing campaign at the 2014 World Cup having struggled throughout the qualifiers.
Confidence amongst many Ghanaian fans in the Black Stars team ahead of this month’s tournament is thus uncharacteristically low especially with new coach Avram Grant having only six weeks to prepare the side for the tournament.
Atsu admits Ghana’s Group C opponents – Algeria, Senegal and South Africa – will take some beating due to their current impressive forms.
"We have the most difficult group," Atsu said.
"Senegal, they are very strong. You can see their foreign players are doing well, such as [Newcastle United striker] Papiss Cisse.
"We also have Algeria and I think they are the most difficult opponent we have in the group and also South Africa.
“So we have to give our best and everyone says it is the most difficult group we have in the tournament.
"I think Algeria have a well balanced team and they can cause a lot of problems for us and also for a lot of other countries while South Africa are balanced from attack to defence, they are really organised.
"I also believe Ghana can go far in this tournament."