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Africa-Press – Ghana. <\/strong><\/span>Ghana coach Paa Kwesi Fabin appears to have blamed his team’s opening defeat to Nigeria in the WAFU B U-17 tournament on the disqualification of 20 players.<\/p>\n

The Black Starlets were defeated 4-2 in their first match on Saturday at the Cape Coast Stadium.<\/p>\n

Fabin was forced to form a new team just two weeks before the tournament because 20 of the 28 players he assembled failed an MRI test.<\/p>\n

Fabin’s new team were humbled by Nigeria, putting them in a difficult position to advance to the next stage of the competition.<\/p>\n

“I don\u2019t like to make excuses but about three weeks to the tournament the FA President [Kurt Okraku] asked the CAF medical team to do an MRI of our boys so out of 28, 20 were disqualified so, so we had to use about 2 and half weeks to build this team, we lost but I believe we\u2019ll come back stronger,” coach Fabin said.<\/p>\n

Ghana must win their final game against Togo to stand a chance of progressing from the group.<\/p>\n

A group stage exit would mean missing out on the U-17 Africa Cup of Nations, which serves as a World Cup qualifier.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Ghana<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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