Nigeria, March 31 -- With the World Cup fast approaching, clarity is supposed to define preparation.

For Ghana, it's the opposite.

Just over 70 days before football's biggest stage, the Ghana national football team has pulled the trigger, dismissing head coach Otto Addo in a move that underscores a team spiralling at the worst possible time.

The decision came swiftly, almost immediately after Ghana's latest setback.

On Monday night in Stuttgart, the Black Stars fell 2-1 to the German national football team, with Deniz Undav scoring a late winner to seal the result.

It wasn't just the defeat. It was the pattern.

That loss made it four consecutive defeats for Ghana, an alarming run that included a heavy 5-1 thrashing by Austria just d...