{"id":420218,"date":"2017-09-20T03:30:30","date_gmt":"2017-09-20T03:30:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/09\/20\/black-princesses-coach-yussif-basigi-optimistic-about-world-cup-qualification\/"},"modified":"2017-09-20T03:30:30","modified_gmt":"2017-09-20T03:30:30","slug":"black-princesses-coach-yussif-basigi-optimistic-about-world-cup-qualification","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/09\/20\/black-princesses-coach-yussif-basigi-optimistic-about-world-cup-qualification\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Princesses Coach Yussif Basigi optimistic about World Cup qualification"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Sports News of Tuesday, 19 September 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>GHANAsoccernet.com <\/p>\n<p>2017-09-19<\/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\/45155605.295.jpg\" alt=\"Yussif Basigi2\" title=\"Yussif Basigi2\" width=\"295\" height=\"197\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Yusif Basigi<\/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\/1505878230_871_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Coach of the female national under-20 team, the Black Princesses of Ghana Yusif Basigi is confident of the side\u2019s chances against Algeria in the World Cup qualifier.<\/p>\n<p>The Black Princesses will face Algeria on Friday in the first leg of the qualifiers for France 2018. The team left Accra on Tuesday for Algiers.<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of the tip to the North African country Yussif Basigi says the team will make it to the next round of the competition, he told Ghanacrusader,com<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe respect our opponents and you would have to respect your opponent to get prepared for them. We are not underestimating our opponent and hopefully we shall edge them and progress to the next round which am highly optimistic about,\u201d Basigi told Ghanacrusader.com<\/p>\n<p>\u201dThe government has been very supportive and the Sports Minister has assured them various packages we are able to qualify,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>The Black Princesses will be hoping to make it to another edition of the FIFA world Cup after representing Africa at Papua New Guinea.<\/p>\n<div class=\"related_articles\" style=\"width: 100%;\">\n<div style=\"clear: both; font-size: 90%; background-color: #eeeaea; padding: 5px; width: 60%; margin-top: 10px;\">\n<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border:0; padding:0\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/96124592.jpg\" style=\"padding-right:2px;\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"border:0; padding:0;width:100%; vertical-align:middle; font-size:11px;\">Courtesy of <b>GHANAsoccernet.com<\/b> &#8211; Ghana&#8217;s leading football news website. 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