Sadick Adams and Nathaniel Asamoah both members of Ghana’s junior national side, the Black Starlets have been selected into the Africa’s All-Star U-17 team to play Europe’s select side next month.

The two players join their coach, Fred Osam Duodu to increase the Ghanaian representation in the Africa All-Star team for the UEFA-CAF Meridian Cup.

Fred Osam Duodu was appointed coach of the Africa All-Star team for the game which comes up in Barcelona’s Nou Camp stadium to celebrate the forthcoming tenth anniversary of the Meridian Project.

Osam Duodu together with Shakwi Gharib Bayoumi would be putting together a 20-man squad to represent Africa with two players from each national association making the team.

And from Ghana, Sadick Adams and Nathaniel Asamoah got the invitation ahead of Wednesday’s team announcement by CAF.

The two players will be in the 20-man African U-17 team that will play against their European counterparts in the two leg tie scheduled for Barcelona on February 27 and March 1.

Leading national youth sides from each continent have participated in previous editions of the Meridian Cup, which was first staged in Lisbon in 1997.

But a new format has been agreed by both UEFA and CAF to replace the previous eight-nation competition.

This time the Meridian Cup is to continue under a new format, comprising a two-legged match between two continental All-Star Under-17 teams.

The Meridian Project co-operation agreement between UEFA and CAF is to promote the exchange of cultures between European and African football and to offer young footballers a unique learning experience within the framework of a football festival.

After a decade of developing close ties, the project, which includes the UEFA-CAF Meridian Cup competition, has been given a new concept which will focus on education - Training the Trainers.

The plan concentrates on education in coaching, refereeing, sports medicine and administration, and will benefit all of Africa's 52 national associations.