“Benin’s away goal would be major threat”- Cobblah

By
Emmanuel Asante Attakora, GNA

Cape Coast, Aug. 04, GNA – Jimmy Cobblah,  head coach of the national Under-20 male
football team, the Black Satellites, has said, the goal conceded by his team,
would be a major threat to their qualification to the Africa Youth Championship
in Algeria, next year.

The Black Satellites, secured a 3-1 victory
over the Young Squirrels of Benin in the first leg qualifier at the Cape Coast
Stadium on Saturday.

According to Cobblah, though the Satellites
won 3:1, the final qualifier for the AYC in Benin would be a big task, due to
the goal scored by the Young Squirrels in the first leg.

“We are going to have a really tough game on
our hands in Benin, but we are equal to the task.

“We didn’t want them to get any goal here, but
such is football, now we have to devise plans to control them in the return leg
and we have to prepare for that”.

Coach Cobblah in an interview with GNA Sports,
said they would have to play a compact midfield in the return leg after
studying their opponents carefully.

“We are going to attack them in the return leg
but with a very compact and solid midfield.

“They are very good and I anticipate a better
performance from them in the second leg, but we have an aim to qualify ahead of
them and we must do that,” he added.

The Black Satellites came from a goal down to
finish the first leg of the final qualifier of the AYC 2019 with two goals from
Richard Danso and another from Satellites captain Ishaku Konda in the 59th
minute, 72nd and 82nd minutes respectively in the second
half as Benin attacker Allagbani Saliou gave the visitors an early goal in the
28th minute.

GNA

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