{"id":59387,"date":"2023-12-01T16:43:11","date_gmt":"2023-12-01T16:43:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/gladiators-positive-ahead-of-ghana-clash"},"modified":"2023-12-01T17:01:56","modified_gmt":"2023-12-01T17:01:56","slug":"gladiators-positive-ahead-of-ghana-clash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/gladiators-positive-ahead-of-ghana-clash","title":{"rendered":"Gladiators positive ahead of Ghana clash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Namibia. <\/strong><\/span>Brave Gladiators coach Paulus Shipanga says preparations went well for the important Women\u2019s Africa Cup of Nations (Wafcon) qualifier against Ghana in Accra today.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to New Era Sport from Ghana, Shipanga said they have no major injury worries except for small knocks, which will not affect the team selection.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have a few players who are not feeling well, like Emma (Naris) and new girl Hilya (Kanyama), but it is nothing major. We had called up a couple of players who couldn\u2019t make it due to exams, hence we had to change personnel. We prepared for two weeks in Namibia,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He added that playing away from home will require the players to concentrate throughout the match, and the team must avoid conceding any goals to avoid chasing the game.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the new members of the squad include Kanyama, who is 23 years old; Aune Andreas (18); Helena Shuumbwa (24) and Metutjo Tjivikua (21).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want to make sure that we frustrate them as much as we can. We want to get a draw or at least catch them on the counter and finish them with a goal or two away from home,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He said Ghana is a big team on the African continent; \u201cwe have to go out and have fun, and we don\u2019t expect miracles. We just want to make sure we play better than we did against Morocco.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Shipanga said the team had learned lessons from their two matches against Morocco, especially when it comes to concertation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn those two matches, concertation became a big problem, and this time we have spoken to girls as much as possible about their awareness, concertation, and the physicality of the Ghana team so that they can be mentally prepared,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n<p>The Gladiators\u2019 coach said the mood in the camp is fine; they are trying to be as positive as possible, and the team will go out and try to represent the country as best as they can.<\/p>\n<p>The game is scheduled for 15h30.<\/p>\n<p>Algerian referee Ghada Mehat is set to officiate the match alongside compatriots Asma Feriel Quahab and Sara Kimad, who will be the two assistants.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\">Namibia<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Namibia. Brave Gladiators coach Paulus Shipanga says preparations went well for the important Women\u2019s Africa Cup of Nations (Wafcon) qualifier against Ghana in Accra today. Speaking to New Era Sport from Ghana, Shipanga said they have no major injury worries except for small knocks, which will not affect the team selection. \u201cWe have [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":59386,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,17],"tags":[234,236,233],"class_list":["post-59387","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-sport","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-namibia","tag-namibia"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Gladiators positive ahead of Ghana clash - Namibia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Brave Gladiators coach Paulus Shipanga says preparations went well for the important Women\u2019s Africa Cup of Nations (Wafc ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/gladiators-positive-ahead-of-ghana-clash\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Gladiators positive ahead of Ghana clash\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Brave Gladiators coach Paulus Shipanga says preparations went well for the important Women\u2019s Africa Cup of Nations (Wafc ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/gladiators-positive-ahead-of-ghana-clash\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Namibia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-12-01T16:43:11+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-12-01T17:01:56+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nambia\/sites\/29\/2023\/12\/sm_1701437375.870051.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"498\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/gladiators-positive-ahead-of-ghana-clash#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/gladiators-positive-ahead-of-ghana-clash\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Gladiators positive ahead of Ghana clash\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-12-01T16:43:11+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-12-01T17:01:56+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/gladiators-positive-ahead-of-ghana-clash\"},\"wordCount\":380,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/gladiators-positive-ahead-of-ghana-clash#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nambia\/sites\/29\/2023\/12\/sm_1701437375.870051.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"africa press\",\"Africa Press-Namibia\",\"namibia\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"sport\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/gladiators-positive-ahead-of-ghana-clash#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/gladiators-positive-ahead-of-ghana-clash\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/gladiators-positive-ahead-of-ghana-clash\",\"name\":\"Gladiators positive ahead of Ghana clash - 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