Black Princesses head coach, Yussif Basigi has admitted there will be so much pressure on them to display their best especially on home soil and has assured Ghanaians of nothing but an impressive display in the upcoming WAFU tourney.
The West African Football Union have finally introduced a new competition which is a championship for women football at U-20 level with the maiden edition set to be held in Ghana four days from today.
Host Ghana are placed in Group A alongside Benin and Cote D'Ivoire- somehow a balance group to kickoff their campaign in style.
Speaking ahead of the much-awaited tournament, the veteran gaffer said they are ever ready to exhibit an impressive display as they continue to prepare both mentally and physically for the competition.
"It doesn’t put pressure on me and the technical team. There is not much pressure, the only pressure is to ensure we win all our matches. If you don’t put pressure on you at certain level, it will not give you good performance because you should know what is at stake, which is the task ahead so you prepare towards it especially the mindset of the players and their psychic and the technical stuff because everybody must be well prepared mentally so our mindset is at the same level,” Coach Yusif Basigi said as quoted on the Ghana FA website.
“And this is where I would say there is pressure on us because we need to win and impress Ghanaians and major stakeholders with our performance. We have to serve Ghanaians good football so we have to put everything in order and eventually crowned as champions.”
The Ghana women U-20 will face Benin in their opening fixture on Saturday, May 20, at the Baba Yara Stadium.
