Nelson Mandela is going to be in full Ghana colours on Friday as the sole African survivor in the FIFA World Cup takes on Uruguay in the quarter-finals.
"On the historic occasion of the first FIFA World Cup to be hosted in Africa, it is a great pleasure to see that Ghana has reached the quarter-finals," the former South African president said in an AFP report.
The Nelson Mandela Foundation sent a letter to Ghana FA president Kwesi Nyantakyi to spur the west African nation on.
"We join everybody on the continent and in the diaspora in wishing you success in the tournament going forward," the letter read.
The Nobel Peace Prize winner, who turns 92 this month, was instrumental in bringing the FIFA World Cup to South Africa. Ghana is only the third African team to make the quarter-finals.
A win over Uruguay would make them the first African side to ever progress to the semi-finals.
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