Black Queens head coach, Kim Lars Björkegren says due to the physical nature of their opponents, he anticipated a very difficult game and that's exactly what he and his girls were served in Thies but still believes they deserved to win.
Ghana with a player down still managed a slim 0-1 win over Senegal in an international friendly last Saturday dusk at the Stade Lat-Dior.
The Queens got off to a perfect start in the game and opened the scoring account courtesy a towering header from French-based forward Evelyn Badu who got on the end of a descent Princess Marfo cross in the 24th minute.
Anasthesia Achiaa was giving the matching orders following a second yellow card in the 63rd minute which meant coach Kim Lars and his girls played with a numerical disadvantage in the last twenty-seven minutes
Speaking after the game, the Swedish gaffer admitted he was expecting a tougher opposition and indeed his opponents gave him that but they still played their hearts out to secure the victory in the end.
''We knew before the game is it was a tough game for us, tough away game. We knew that Senegal can be physical. I felt the start was pretty good. I would say the first, like 30 minutes, we also scored the goal, beautiful one, I think, and exactly how we want to play with the perfect cross. And Evelyn came from the number 10 position with a great header, something she we started the game pretty well.
''I felt in the end of the first half that we were coming in a little bit to the physical style with more stops, more like the Senegal way to play in this game. So, we actually talked about it in halftime that we needed to play football on the ground, play a little bit faster again, but we didn't.
''So early on in the second half, we had the red card, and from that time, it's a completely different game.''
This is definitely a perfect avenue and test for him to continue assessing his squad to ensure they are ready and in the best shape as the Women's Africa Cup of Nations draw closer.
Ghana will face Senegal again at the same venue on Tuesday, April 8.
