Ghana Football Association (GFA) President Kurt Okraku, has urged the Black Princesses to produce a superb account of themselves at the FIFA Women’s Under-20 World Cup.
The national U-20 Women’s team met with the top heriarchy of the GFA at a farewell dinner on Monday August 12,2024 at the La Palm Royal Beach Hotel
Coach Yusif Basigi’s charges depart Ghana for the competition on Tuesday afternoon for the World Cup scheduled to commence on August 31, 2024, in Colombia.
Okraku expressed his belief in the prospects of the team ahead of the tourney.
“I am happy to be here, finally, to see our beautiful Princesses in your last moments here in Ghana before you depart our beautiful shores to fly all the way to Colombia, not only to represent, but to compete and to be competitive all the way through the tournament.
“I’m saying this based on my personal conviction that we have a good collection of top talents for this age category.
“With the support of our ever-hardworking Sports Minister, we’ve had a very, very good level of preparation.
Kurt Okraku continued: “From the now beautiful Prampram to the ever-popular Central Region and now to Accra: I think it’s been a very, very good preparatory period for the team.”
“I trust the technical team that we have. I would want to believe that they are doing whatever it takes to get the team ready. When we appear on the turf for our first game, that will be our seventh time appearing at the U-20 World Cup.
“The seventh consecutive time. What that means is that we are a force already. Our challenge now is to make the biggest impact ever.”
The President tasked the team to maintain a high level of work ethic to deliver success for the country.
“Our story is already known to Ghanaians. Our history is already known to the world. We want to make a better story or write a better story.
“We want a much-improved history to be made. That should be the end vision as we leave Ghana.
“The government has been supportive, like I said earlier, and will continue to provide all the necessary logistics that this team will need till the very end.
“On behalf of your own football association, I wish you well. The entire Ghanaian football community is behind this squad. The nation, Ghana, is very expectant.”
Ghana will compete in the group stages against Japan, New Zealand and Austria.
The Princesses kick off their tourney against Austria on September 2, before facing Japan three days later. Both games will be played at 22.00 GMT (10:00pm Ghana time)
New Zealand is Ghana’s last opponent in the group stages on September 8 at 23:00 GMT.
