Ghana Women’s U-20 head coach, Yussif Basigi, is confident that his team will make a strong impact at this year’s FIFA U-20 World Cup in Colombia.
The Black Princesses are set to make their seventh consecutive appearance at the tournament, with a prime goal of going beyond the group stage for the first time.
Despite six previous attempts, Ghana is yet to progress past the first round, with their best finish being a group stage exit in 2012 despite earning six points.
“In my case, it was unfortunate the time we went for the World Cup in 2018; that was the time of the expose – the Normalisation Committee period but things were not normalised. I wouldn’t say that is an excuse though,” he said.
“This time, we are motivated to go again and make a mark because we are all looking forward to breaking that jinx. We have made the girls aware just as we the technical staff are aware.”
“We don’t need anybody to task us to do that job. We know how difficult it is. It’s a very herculean task but we will do all that we can to go beyond the group stage before we think of any other thing.”
Ghana are pitted in Group E where they will face Austria, New Zealand and Japan.
By: Gbordzor Promise
