{"id":1264183,"date":"2022-12-12T10:23:32","date_gmt":"2022-12-12T10:23:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/12\/12\/assistant-coach-worried-about-lack-of-quality-friendly-matches\/"},"modified":"2022-12-12T10:23:32","modified_gmt":"2022-12-12T10:23:32","slug":"assistant-coach-worried-about-lack-of-quality-friendly-matches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/12\/12\/assistant-coach-worried-about-lack-of-quality-friendly-matches\/","title":{"rendered":"Assistant Coach worried about lack of quality friendly matches"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"545\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/1659521120_997_Screenshot-2022-08-01-102302-696x545.png\"   alt=\"Black Galaxies\" title=\"Black Galaxies\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Black Galaxies<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Assistant coach for the Black Galaxies of Ghana, Bismark Kobby Mensah, has revealed his displeasure about the Black Galaxies team not playing quality-friendly games.<\/p>\n<p>The Black Galaxies have been in camp for three weeks in preparation for the CHAN tournament that kicks off on 13th January 2023.<\/p>\n<p>With 29 players currently in camp, the national team, representing the local leagues in Ghana has played a couple of friendly games in preparation for the tournament.<\/p>\n<p>However, speaking on the Ultimate Sports Show on Asempa FM, he revealed that friendly games for a national team such as the Black Galaxies is not up to the standard to prepare the team enough.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need the right friendly matches to play to test the readiness of the players. It\u2019s a bit sad for a national team that has qualified for a tournament,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe can play with the academies and second division teams but they are mismatch matches. We need to play against the big sides of Africa,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>The team played a friendly with Hearts of Oak yesterday and he believes it was a good exercise but more can be done. He also touched on the nature of the pitches.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe field to play the games is not also conducive. The game with Hearts was good but we need more,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>In spite of that, he revealed the technical team has channeled this challenge to the authorities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have sent a proposal to the authorities. We hope they accept,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The field to play the games are not also conducive. The game with Hearts was good but we need more.<\/p>\n<p>            <!--  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=videoseries[\/embed]<!--\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>--><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"3sB0kCxQyIU\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Robbers broke into Rahim Sterling&#039;s mansion #shorts\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3sB0kCxQyIU?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Black Galaxies Assistant coach for the Black Galaxies of Ghana, Bismark Kobby Mensah, has revealed his displeasure about the Black Galaxies team not playing quality-friendly games. The Black Galaxies have been in camp for three weeks in preparation for the CHAN tournament that kicks off on 13th January 2023. 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