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Milovan Rajevac is hoping Michael Essien will be fit to start Ghana�s African Nations Cup Group B decider against Burkina Faso on Tuesday. Ghana's campaign prior to their arrival in Angola has been fraught with injuries resulting in some player withdrawals.Essien, who came on as a halftime substitute in Friday�s 3-1 defeat by Ivory Coast, only joined the squad on Wednesday after bad weather delayed his departure from London. �Essien came in only two days ago and he was injured,� Rajevac told a news conference, referring to the hamstring problem that had kept his captain out for more than a month.�He was not ready to play 90 minutes, he was actually not really ready to play 45 minutes. It was a big risk. �We have three rest days so we hope he will be ready to start against Burkina Faso.�Ghana are bottom of Group B with no points and need to beat Burkina Faso, second on one point to reach the last eight.The group is a three-team affair after Togo left the competition in the wake of a deadly gun attack on their team bus last week.