{"id":15001,"date":"2022-02-04T19:14:06","date_gmt":"2022-02-04T19:14:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/uncategorized\/u20-womens-world-cup-qualifiers-ghana-coach-ben-fokuo-positive-ahead-of-uganda-return-leg"},"modified":"2022-02-04T19:44:55","modified_gmt":"2022-02-04T19:44:55","slug":"u20-womens-world-cup-qualifiers-ghana-coach-ben-fokuo-positive-ahead-of-uganda-return-leg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/u20-womens-world-cup-qualifiers-ghana-coach-ben-fokuo-positive-ahead-of-uganda-return-leg","title":{"rendered":"U20 Women&#8217;s World Cup qualifiers: Ghana coach Ben Fokuo positive ahead of Uganda return leg"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Ghana. <\/strong><\/span>Black Princesses coach Ben Fokuo is confident of qualification to the next round of the U20 Women\u2019s World Cup qualifiers ahead of the second leg meeting with Uganda.<\/p>\n<p>Ghana host Uganda on Saturday in Cape Coast with a 2-1 advantage from the first leg played two weeks ago in Kampala.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have been preparing hard since we came to Cape Coast. We had a training match against Combined Forces and you can clearly tell that the girls are ready for the task ahead\u201d Ben Fokuo told ghanafa.org<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe missed our skipper, Evelyn Badu in the first leg but she is back for the return fixture. The team is poised for action and I believe in them to get all maximum points\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>The FIFA U-20 Women\u2019s World Cup is slated for Costa Rica in August 2022.<\/p>\n<p>The winner between the two teams on aggregate this week will progress to the final stage and face off with the aggregate winner between Tanzania and Ethiopia.<\/p>\n<p>Tanzania beat Ethiopia 1-0 in the first leg at home.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\">Ghana<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Ghana. 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