Black Stars Set for Final Flames Test

Milovan Rajevac will watch his team play their final game today before the start of the Africa Cup of Nations on Sunday. The Black Stars will make the short trip to Masina in Swaziland for the game against Malawi in an international friendly. Rajevac will see his players for the last time in a competitive match before Ghana lines up against Togo in Group B on January 11 in Cabinda. However, the team will be without captain Michael Essien for the match as he joins the squad this week after recuperating from a hamstring injury. Ghana are scheduled to arrive in Angola, three days before the start of the 2010 African Cup of Nations. The Black Stars will jet in on Thursday from their pre-tournament training base in Nelspruit, South Africa. Ghana have been drawn in Group B of the CAN alongside Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso and Togo in an all-West African battle.