Accra, Jan. 27, - The Black
Princesses of Ghana have booked a place in the Federation of International
Football Association (FIFA) U-20 Women’s World Cup,slated for France after
beating Cameroon 3-0 at the Cape Coast Stadium on Saturday.
A brace from Princella Adobea and
one from Ernestina Abambila ensured that the National U-20 female team, booked
a place in this year’s tournament to be held in France in August after beating
Cameroon by 4:1 in aggregate as the first leg ended in 1:1 at Yaoundé.
The Black Princesses making their
fourth successive appearance at the tournament defeated Kenya and Algeria in
the preliminaries stages after scoring Ab impressive 24 goals in the process.
Coach of the side Yusif Basigi,
noted in an interview with GNA Sports, before the final qualifier that his team
was well prepared as the first leg results put the team in a good position to
urge out the Cameroonians.
“My team is mentally prepared for
the task ahead, the girls know what it takes to get to the World Cup and they
would deliver come Saturday.
“The first leg results was good
for us, if we had lost in the first leg it would have been a huge task, but now
we have to map up a strategy to overcome them and make Ghana proud”.
The Black Princesses would be
hoping for a successful tournament in France after exiting the tournament in
Papue New Guinea in 2016.
GNA
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