Head coach of the Black Galaxies, Annor Walker has assessed his side 2-1 defeat to Madagascar in the opening game of TotalEnergies Championship of African Nations tournament in Algeria.
Ghana conceded from two defensive blunders in both halves but Augustine Agyapong’s 68th minute goal was not enough to prevent the Black Galaxies from their first defeat in the tournament.
“I think my boys disappointed me in the first half and I take it as one of those things that happen in football. We were well prepared for this game, but minor mistakes cost us the game,” Annor Walker said after the game.
“Such things happen in football. It happens in competitions that big teams lose their opening games. We may have lost but we are certainly not out of the competition yet,” he added.
“Madagascar played well in the first half, but we also did not have our usual rhythm. Apart from that, I did not see anything different from them. They were possessing the ball quite well, but I believe we could have done better ourselves and these are the things we will need to look at and remedy ahead of our next match on Thursday,” he continued.
“I still need to analyse the game and to make a proper judgement on where exactly we went wrong and how it needs to be fixed.”
The Black Galaxies now have to beat Sudan in the second group C game on Thursday, January 19, to book a place in the next round of the tournament.
