{"id":16969,"date":"2022-03-11T19:53:33","date_gmt":"2022-03-11T19:53:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/uncategorized\/black-princesses-coach-assures-ghanaians-world-cup-qualification"},"modified":"2022-03-11T20:10:06","modified_gmt":"2022-03-11T20:10:06","slug":"black-princesses-coach-assures-ghanaians-world-cup-qualification","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/black-princesses-coach-assures-ghanaians-world-cup-qualification","title":{"rendered":"Black Princesses coach assures Ghanaians World Cup qualification"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Ghana. <\/strong><\/span> Head Coach of the Black Princesses, Ben Fokuo, remains confident Ghana will grab a ticket to the 2022 Federation of International Football Association (FIFA) U-20 Women\u2019s World Cup tournament in Costa Rica.<\/p>\n<p>Ghana would face Ethiopia on Sunday in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, before they clash in a fortnight at the Cape Coast Sports Stadium on March 26, to pick one of the two slots available for Africa in this year\u2019s competition.<\/p>\n<p>According to the coach, the team would not be complacent against their opponent, rather work very hard to make it to their sixth appearance in the biennial competition.<\/p>\n<p>Coach Forkuo said the penultimate match against Ethiopia was a very important one hence would go all out to bag a win in both matches to represent Ghana.<\/p>\n<p>He said, \u201cPeople see Ghana as favourites because when it comes to qualifying to World Cups, Ghana has been there, but I also think that we can win this game to qualify to Costa Rica this year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt the same time if people are saying the team is the favourite that doesn\u2019t mean that we need to relax, we need to work very hard in making sure that we qualify for Costa Rica.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs I said earlier, it\u2019s the last game of the competition, it\u2019s very important because we have come very far up to this particular point as we all know that it is the last game for us to finish well.\u201d<\/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. Head Coach of the Black Princesses, Ben Fokuo, remains confident Ghana will grab a ticket to the 2022 Federation of International Football Association (FIFA) U-20 Women\u2019s World Cup tournament in Costa Rica. 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