Wednesday 13th November, 2019
By
Simon Asare, GNA
Accra, Nov. 13, GNA
– Francis Oti Akenteng, Technical Director of the Ghana Football Association
(GFA), has said that, qualification to the semi-finals of the ongoing U-23
Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) will be a stern task for the Black Meteors.
The Black Meteors
had their chances of qualifying to the semis dented when they suffered a 3-2
defeat against their Egyptian counterparts in the second group game having
secured a point in their opener against Cameroon.
According to the
celebrated technical brain, the Black Meteors must win their final group game
against Mali and hope things would go in their favour in order to qualify to
the next round and subsequently book a spot in next year’s Olympics.
“Even if we can’t
qualify for the last match we need to win against Mali who have dominated us
over the past years. There would be a need to beat Mali no matter what, so let
us motivate them and discard whatever happened in the two matches and who knows
we might just be lucky,” he told GNA Sports.
He added, “We have
every right to criticize the coach but let’s wait for his technical report
after the tournament, then we can pinpoint what actually went wrong and prepare
better for future tournaments”.
The Black Meteors
who are third on the table with a point face off against Mali on Thursday while
Egypt (Who have six points) and Cameroon (Who have four points) lock horns in
the other group match.
GNA
