Ghana\u2019s national U-17 male football team, Black Starlets, have their sights set on a final berth, \u00a0as they face Le Mena Cadets of Niger this afternoon in the first semi-final game of the ongoing Africa U-17 Championship in Gabon at the Stade de Port Gentil later today.<\/p>\n
The sterling performance at the group stage have placed the Starlets in the favourites bracket to go through to the next stage of the competition, though they admit it will not be an easy fight.<\/p>\n
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The Starlets come into this semi-final game having scored nine goals and without conceding a goal, \u00a0a record they are keen to maintain against a cagey Nigerien side, who had to wait till the final game to score to get into the semis.<\/p>\n
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This is the second time the two sides are meeting, albeit the first being a friendly in Accra when both were preparing for the Gabon trip. Then, the Starlets won both legs played with a 2-0 and 2-1 result respectively and thus have a fair idea the kind of opposition they will encounter.<\/p>\n
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Coach Paa Kwesi Fabin of the Starlets told cafonline.com<\/em> that his side had a bright chance of qualifying to the next stage of the competition though they would not underrate their opponents.<\/p>\n
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The 58-year-old trainer has warned his troops against complacency when they clash with Niger saying, \u201cIn fact, we are happy they’ve qualified together with us because we played two friendlies with them as part of our preparations for this competition but a semi-final match is not the same as a friendly, so we will leave no stone unturned”.<\/p>\n
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Niger\u2019s Coach Ismaila Tiemoko , on the other hand, says he is not worried about the young Ghanaians\u2019 impressive statistics at the tournament, and was ready to upset the Starlets in order to continue \u00a0their quest of winning the title for the first time.<\/p>\n
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\u00a0“We have made history already with by qualifying \u00a0for the World Cup for the first time, but we are not satisfied yet; we want to go all the way and win the trophy for the first time as well\u201d.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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\u201cThough we lost two friendly matches against Ghana before arriving here, we are on the same level now with Ghana because we have both qualified for the semi-finals, and we are not going to play them with fear or respect,\u201d the 52-year-old trainer indicated.<\/p>\n
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