Black Princesses determined to break group stage jinx at U20 Women’s World Cup
By Lukman MUMIN, Accra
Black Princesses coach, Yussif Basigi says his team is determined to make it beyond the group stage of the FIFAU20 Women’s World Cup.
Ghana’s U20 women’s team will be embarking on a seventh consecutive World Cup appearance when they travel to Colombia next month for the global showpiece.
In their previous six attempts, the team failed to qualify to the knockout stages, putting pressure on the current squad.
However, coach Basigi has pledged to break that jinx, as the Black Queens prepare to leave Ghana for the competition.
“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 at the team’s training camp in Cape Coast.
“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,” he continued.
“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.”
The Black Princesses have been drawn in Group E where they will face Austria, New Zealand and Japan.
