The minister for Youth and Sports, Mustapha Ussif, has revealed that Brazil paid the Ghana Football Association $90,000 for the FIFA international friendly game with against the Black Stars of Ghana in September.
Tottenham striker Richarlison scored a first-half double as Brazil brushed aside Ghana in a friendly.
The 25-year-old combined twice with Neymar, sweeping into the bottom corner from the edge of the area, before meeting a free-kick.
Paris St-Germain centre-back Marquinhos had given Brazil the lead, nodding home a ninth-minute corner from Raphinha.
The Seleçao recorded a comfortable 3-0 victory at the Stade Oceane in Le Havre, France with a total dominance right from the start of the match.
Th five time World Champions extended their unbeaten run to fourteen matches with the resounding victory.
Brazil started the game on a blistering pace and gave Ghana’s defense a very tough time in the opening minutes of the match with fast attacking play.
After the break, Coach Otto Addo made two changes as Felix Afena Ohene-Gyan and Kamaldeen Sulemana were replaced by Mohammed Salisu and Inaki Williams for their debut.
Ghana grew in confidence and started attacking Brazil with Inaki Williams threatening the goal area of the five-time World Champions.
Ghana switched to 3-4-2-1 in the second half and certainly played better in the second half despite failing to score against the Brazilians who cruised to a comfortable win.
Later in the game, Tariq Lamptey was handed his debut as he came on to replaced Odoi in the second half.
It finished 3-0 to Brazil.
Watch Mustapha Ussif’s interview below: