Former Black Stars goalkeeper, Fatau Dauda has stressed the need for the Black Stars players to ignore pressure and feature wholeheartedly at the 2022 FIFA World Cup.

The Black Stars secured a return to the Mundial following their 1-1 aggregate scoreline with the Super Eagles of Nigeria in a two-legged game. With the draw taking place last Friday, Ghana was drawn in Group H, alongside Portugal, Uruguay and Korea Republic.

With months away from the tournament in Qatar, the former shot-stopper entreated the playing body to be ready for the global showpiece amid talks of Ghana taking revenge on both Portugal and Uruguay.

The Selecaos beat the Black Stars at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil while Uruguay eliminated Ghana on penalties in the quarter-final in 2010.

"This is an opportunity for the boys to go and show themselves. [In the] psychological aspect, Ghana would like to beat Portugal. Ghana will like to beat Uruguay and South Korea. We played South Korea in a warm-up game when we were going to Brazil (2014). We beat them 4-0, so that will haunt them. They will come for revenge," Dauda said.

"Portugal beat us 2-1 in Brazil 2014, Ghana will go for revenge. Uruguay, [for] what [Luis] Suarez did to us, we need to pay them back. This will make pressure come to the boys that they also need to beat the countries that beat us in the previous World Cup.

"Without that, they shouldn’t be pressured. [At the] World Cup you go there and enjoy. If you go and play well on the field of play, the fans will cheer you up and you will enjoy the game.

"If you have pressure and they invite you, just tell the coach I can’t play," he concluded.

The World Cup is scheduled to be played between November and December 2022 in Qatar.