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Black Starlets coach sheds light on Monday’s meeting with the young Atlas Lions
Ghana U-17 coach Ben Fokuo is not worried about the losing result of Monday’s international friendly against Morocco.
In the first of consecutive games in Rabat, the Black Starlets finished as the unfortunate team, suffering a 2-1 loss, losing 2-0 early before halving the deficit after the break.
Ghana will have a chance to make amends on Thursday when they meet their Moroccan counterparts in the second match on Thursday.
“I think that in the early stages of the game the Moroccans surprised us. The team is still young and we are still developing the players for the future, ”Fokuo said after Monday’s game, according to the official website of the Ghana Football Association.
“The first half was not the best, but I think we improved in the second half. The players were playing in cold weather for the first time and you could tell from their performance that they weren’t used to the environment. “
The game is part of the team building processes of both teams for future international assignments.
“I’m not worried about the scoreboard. At this stage, results do not matter in these types of situations. We look to the future, player development, team performance, exposure, technical ability and all the other ingredients that are needed to improve the team in the future, ”added Fokuo.
“So for me the results don’t matter at all. The players needed this tour a lot to expose themselves to playing abroad and that was the purpose of coming here and it has been done well here in Morocco.
“Tomorrow we will have a short recovery training to receive those who did not do some exercises. For those who played today, we will continue their recovery before we do group training on Wednesday for the second game. “
Ghana are trying to bounce back from their disappointing performance at the recent Wafu Zone B Nations Cup, where the team was eliminated in the group stage.
The start of the first round also prompted the team to qualify for the 2021 Africa U-17 Cup of Nations tournament to be hosted by Morocco.
