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The coach has backed her team to make a good comeback from the coronavirus hiatus against the Atlas Lionesses next week
Ghana’s female head coach Mercy Tagoe has highlighted the value of the international friendly with Morocco as the Black Queens begin preparations for the 2022 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations.
The West Africans missed their chance to return to the Women’s World Cup for the first time since 2007 as they crashed early in the Awcon 2018 group stage at home.
The setback being behind, the Black Queens finished second to Chile at the 2020 Turkish Women’s Cup in March and are eager to continue their excellent preparation for the continental masterpiece in 2022.
Before the clash with the Atlas Lionesses in Accra, the strategist believes that the test match will increase her team’s preparation for the upcoming major competitions.
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“It’s basically about preparing for our qualifiers early next year,” Tagoe told the Ghana FA website.
“We are gradually coming out of Covid-19 and it is good news to have such a match in hand. After we returned from Turkey, there were no football activities and now that the ban has been lifted, we are lucky to get this international friendly and it means a lot for us as a team.
“Fortunately, all the players are cooperating very well. Even though we haven’t been in the camp for a long time, based on our short time here, I invited players who are already training after the soccer ban was lifted. I think that so far so good with the team’s departure.
“I thank God that our current President, Kurt Edwin Simeon Okraku, and the members of their Executive Council care about the development of women’s football and want to see women’s football at a certain level where we can rub shoulders with the European and it’s a good start for us. “
Tagoe hopes to guide his team to victory against the North African champions at the Accra Sports Stadium on November 30.
