Finally football is back in Ghana.
After five weeks without an official game, there will be some semblance of normality for the sport on Wednesday when Aduana Stars host Congolese giants AS Vita Club in the CAF Confederation Cup.
Aduana were involved in the last official football game on Ghanaian soil on June 6 when they lost to Ashanti Gold in an outstanding Ghana Premier League fixture.
Soon afterwards, the country was consumed by the fallout of an investigative piece by journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas that has grounded the sport.
In the two-hour documentary, 'When Greed and Corruption Become the Norm', released on June 6, several Ghanaian referees and appointing officials are shown allegedly accepting cash gifts in exchange for fixing games in the Ghana Premier League.
The affected matches included one between Hearts of Oak and Asante Kotoko, and cup competitions at various levels of the game.
Since the broadcast, football has been at a standstill.
The Ghana Football Association is fighting a dissolution attempt by the government of Ghana in court and all football activity has been put on hold.
However, with no immediate end in sight to the hold up, FIFA and CAF have agreed that the country's teams involved in continental competition can continue under the supervision of a two-man team.
This is why Stars are able to honour their Confed Cup clash.
The reigning champions will be hoping to make the most of the opportunity, but they have their work cut out both to beat Vita Club and to escape the group.
Stars have taken one point from their opening two fixtures and are bottom of Group A despite a stirring comeback to take a point from Raja Casablanca at home in their last fixture. They also changed coaches only two weeks ago, replacing Yakubu Abubakari with the Japanese Kenichi Yatsuhashi after he quit Inter Allies.
Captain Emmanuel Akuoko admits the preparations have been far from ideal.
"The game against Vita Club will be difficult because, without league games, we have been inactive which is a problem," he told KweséESPN.
"We've been training a lot but that is always not enough."
Aduana's formidable home record may be a reason for optimism, while Akuoko also believes the arrival of Yatsuhashi can help the club pick up their form in continental competition.
"There is a new coach now which has done the confidence in camp a lot of good," he concluded. "We will try our best not to let the current situation around football in the country affect us."