{"id":163739,"date":"2024-03-20T17:37:10","date_gmt":"2024-03-20T17:37:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/03\/20\/we-had-one-clear-chance-and-we-finished-it-desmond-ofei\/"},"modified":"2024-03-20T17:37:10","modified_gmt":"2024-03-20T17:37:10","slug":"we-had-one-clear-chance-and-we-finished-it-desmond-ofei","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/03\/20\/we-had-one-clear-chance-and-we-finished-it-desmond-ofei\/","title":{"rendered":"We had one clear chance and we finished it- Desmond Ofei \u2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Head coach of Ghana\u2019s National Under 20 Men\u2019s Team-the Black Satellites, Desmond Ofei says his team isn\u2019t a wasteful side and evidence of its efficiency was delivered in Ghana\u2019s 1-0 win over Senegal.<\/p>\n<p>Ofei said this in his postgame interview after guiding Ghana to the win over the highly rated West African nation; the win takes Ghana to the final of the 13<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0African Games football competition.<\/p>\n<p>Substitute Michael Ephson scored the winner in the 83<sup>rd<\/sup>\u00a0minute to put Ghana in line for its first gold medal in football since the 2011 edition in Mozambique.<\/p>\n<p>The Satellites\u2019 qualification to the final means that Ghana will be represented in the gold medal game in both the men\u2019s and women\u2019s division.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on the win, Ofei said, \u201cThey chose the long ball, which we were a bit surprised because we thought that they were going to play because it\u2019s a good footballing playing team but that wasn\u2019t the case.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cThe first half, we didn\u2019t create enough chances not enough clear cut chances but we dug deep and eventually we got rewarded. 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I can\u2019t recall any part of the game where we squandered any chances.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\" id=\"attachment_582226\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Ofei-2.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-582226\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Black Satellites head coach Desmond Ofei<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Ghana play Uganda in the final on Friday, March 22 at 20:00 GMT at the Accra Sports Stadium.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\" id=\"attachment_582398\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Gh-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-582398\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Ghana v Senegal at 13th African Games<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><!-- AI CONTENT END 1 --><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Head coach of Ghana\u2019s National Under 20 Men\u2019s Team-the Black Satellites, Desmond Ofei says his team isn\u2019t a wasteful side and evidence of its efficiency was delivered in Ghana\u2019s 1-0 win over Senegal. 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