MEDO Kamara prepares to face the Ivory Coast today in a game that came close to being abandoned because of the threat of killer virus ebola.

The Wanderers midfielder joined up with the Sierra Leone squad earlier this week not knowing whether today’s game in Abidjan would go ahead.

The Ivorian government had initially wanted to forfeit the game because of fears over the ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone.

However, the Confederation of African Football warned that Ivory Coast would be disqualified from the Africa Cup of Nations if the game was cancelled.

Sierra Leone have named only players based outside the country in their squad to minimise the risk but some coaching staff and officials have been denied entrance because they could not provide the proper documentation.

Medo and a handful of other coaching staff, including national team boss Jonathan McKinstry were allowed direct flights into the Ivory Coast because they are resident in the United Kingdom.

The 26-year-old has 12 international caps and one goal for his country, the last of which came in September last year against Equatorial Guinea. He also trained with the Leone Stars in the summer as he returned to fitness after a stomach problem that ruled him out of the last few weeks of last season.

Sierra Leone also face Congo on September 10 in another Africa Cup of Nations qualifier.