{"id":466849,"date":"2018-02-23T10:30:30","date_gmt":"2018-02-23T10:30:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/02\/23\/black-queens-coach-elated-to-reach-wafu-cup-final\/"},"modified":"2018-02-23T10:30:30","modified_gmt":"2018-02-23T10:30:30","slug":"black-queens-coach-elated-to-reach-wafu-cup-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/02\/23\/black-queens-coach-elated-to-reach-wafu-cup-final\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Queens coach elated to reach WAFU Cup final"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Sports News of Friday, 23 February 2018<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>GHANAsoccernet.com <\/p>\n<p>2018-02-23<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/80948305.295.jpg\" alt=\"MCTAGOE\" title=\"MCTAGOE\" width=\"295\" height=\"200\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Ghana will face hosts Ivory Coast in the final on Sunday<\/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=151125817976607\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125817976607\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1519381830_909_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Interim coach Mercy Tagoe-Quarcoe could not hide her happiness after guiding the Black Queens to the final of the maiden 2018 WAFU Zone B Women&#8217;s Cup of Nations.<\/p>\n<p>Ghana beat rivals Nigeria 5-4 on penalties to secure a place in the final in the maiden tournament after a  1-1 stalemate in the regulation period.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I was really ready for this game if you could remember the interview I granted prior to this encounter,&#8221; the former Amidaus Professioanls assistant coach said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I said I needed to play Nigeria in the semi-finals because I had seen what they could do and what they cannot do. In fact I was ready for Nigeria and I am happy we have won.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Coach Tagoe expressed gratitude to her players for their performance against the Super Falcons on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The girls were doing exactly what I instructed them to do on the field. I was very pleased with their composure and they were fully concentrated,&#8221; she added.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am really happy to come this far.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Ghana will face hosts Ivory Coast in the final on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>The Ivorians beat the Black Queens 1-0 in the tournament&#8217;s opener.<\/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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