{"id":465710,"date":"2018-02-19T21:30:38","date_gmt":"2018-02-19T21:30:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/02\/19\/mercy-tagoe-hopeful-of-beating-nigeria-in-wafu-cup-semis\/"},"modified":"2018-02-19T21:30:38","modified_gmt":"2018-02-19T21:30:38","slug":"mercy-tagoe-hopeful-of-beating-nigeria-in-wafu-cup-semis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/02\/19\/mercy-tagoe-hopeful-of-beating-nigeria-in-wafu-cup-semis\/","title":{"rendered":"Mercy Tagoe hopeful of beating Nigeria in WAFU Cup semis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/71379792.295.jpg\" alt=\"Coach Mercy Tagoe.jpeg\" title=\"Coach Mercy Tagoe.jpeg\" width=\"295\" height=\"197\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Ghana will face Nigeria in the semi finals of the competition after finishing second in Group A<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125813921649\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125813921649\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1519075838_438_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Interim Black Queens coach Mercy Tagoe is confident of their  chances of beating Nigeria at the ongoing WAFU Zone B Nations Cup.<\/p>\n<p>Ghana will face Nigeria in the semi finals of the competition after finishing second in Group A.<\/p>\n<p>Nigeria, who are sitting atop of Group B with six points only need a point against Togo on Monday to cement their place in the second round of the competition.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Whoever goes to war seeks victory and by God&#8217;s grace we have managed to make it to the semifinals stage of the competition,&#8221; Tagoe said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We stay in the same hotel with Nigeria and I believe as they are on the verge of topping their group, we could meet them in the semifinal stage, so it will be a pleasure to play them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI watched their game against Mali and I think it will be better for us to meet Mali in the final than Nigeria because the standard of the Nigerians is not what we&#8217;ve been accustomed to so if we meet them, I think we have a great chance of making it to the final.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ghana will face Nigeria in the semi finals of the competition after finishing second in Group A Interim Black Queens coach Mercy Tagoe is confident of their chances of beating Nigeria at the ongoing WAFU Zone B Nations Cup. 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