FIFA U20 Women’s World Cup: Black Princesses coach Ben Fokuo keen about team’s fitness level ahead of tournament
Black Princesses head coach Ben Fokuo is keen about the fitness level of his players ahead of the start of the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup to be staged in Costa Rica.
Ghana will battle it out with USA, Japan and the Netherlands in Group D of the tournament which starts August 10, 2022.
The team after embarking on a training tour in France as part of preparations have arrived in Costa Rica for the tournament.
The Black Princesses lost 4-0 to France in an international friendly played on Friday.
According to Coach Ben Fokuo the game against France was a good test for his players.
“After the France game, we had recovery training and the girls are responding to treatment and picking up gradually after the loss against France.
“The tempo of the game with France was totally different from what we expected but now we have seen the problems and with training sessions we had, you can see that the players are picking up quickly and making sure they get their strength to the level of the competition.
He added: “We will train hard and make sure our strength and fitness level is on the level we want it to be at”.
Ghana will open their group D game against the United State of America on Thursday, August 11, 2022.
The team will face Japan in the second game on August 14 before facing Netherlands in the final group game on August 17.
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