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Sports News from Saturday, February 2, 2019
Source: Graphic.com.gh
2019-02-02
Black satellites ready to make Ghana proud
Ghana's Black Satellites have a hard time reliving their lost glory as they face Burkina Faso tomorrow in their opening match of the 20-year-old Africa Cup of Nations in Niger.
Since the team led by Andre Ayew in 2009 has conquered the continent and the world, the national under-20 team has seen its fortunes plummet, with its best participation scheduled for 2013, when it won the bronze medal at the World Cup.
Tomorrow, Ghana will make its eleventh appearance since its debut in 1991 and its coach, Jimmy Cobblah, only thinks the victory against West Africa's neighbors is what they need to get their game off to a good start. campaign.
He is confident that the three-time champions (1993, 1999 and 2009) will produce a much better match in this competition than their recent past to win a spot for the World Cup scheduled for Poland later in the year.
"I'm expecting boys to be strong in every aspect to win because we help them on the sideline.As you know, it's the first game of the tournament and a match to win." for us, "coach Cobblah told the Daily Chart.
Nevertheless, Burkinabes have often been a difficult knot to break during this competition and will work hard to challenge Ghanaians and ensure that they also remain in contention for the place for the World Cup.
On this basis, coach Cobblah should deploy the best of his players, including Nurudeen Manaf, Mohammed Kudus, Daniel Lomotey and Najeeb Yakubu, who have considerable experience to qualify the Burkinabe bluff.
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