{"id":417061,"date":"2017-09-11T12:30:21","date_gmt":"2017-09-11T12:30:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/09\/11\/wafu-cup-black-stars-b-coach-happy-with-win-in-opener\/"},"modified":"2017-09-11T12:30:21","modified_gmt":"2017-09-11T12:30:21","slug":"wafu-cup-black-stars-b-coach-happy-with-win-in-opener","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/09\/11\/wafu-cup-black-stars-b-coach-happy-with-win-in-opener\/","title":{"rendered":"WAFU Cup: Black Stars B coach happy with win in opener"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Sports News of Monday, 11 September 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Myjoyonline.com <\/p>\n<p>2017-09-11<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/11324360.295.jpg\" alt=\"Maxwell Konadu Sr\" title=\"Maxwell Konadu Sr\" width=\"295\" height=\"178\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Maxwell Konadu<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=149916385178506\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=149916385178506\">&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/1505133021_893_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Ghana coach Maxwell Konadu declared his delight at defeating Gambia in their 2017 WAFU Cup of Nations opener in Elmina on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>The Black Stars won in controversial circumstances, with Vincent Atinga scoring a last gasp penalty to see the tournament hosts prevail 1-0 and advance to the group stage.<\/p>\n<p>It may not have been the most convincing performance from Ghana, but Konadu insists it was a good start and provides a foundation for his team to build on.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are always slow starters in tournaments but today I&#8217;m happy with our start, especially in the first half. 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