Head Coach of the national under-17 team, the Black Starlets, Paa Kwesi Fabin is unhappy with the performance of the team despite the opening day win over Colombia at the FIFA U-17 World Cup in India.
Ghana made a winning start to their FIFA U-17 World Cup India 2017 campaign with a 1-0 victory over Group A rivals Colombia in New Delhi on Friday.
Ibrahim Sadiq lashed onto an Eric Ayiah cross to score the only goal of the game, and despite the victory it was not a vintage performance from the two times champions.
Coach Fabin revealed his displeasure in a post-match conference but indicated it is just the start of the competition.
“I’m a bit disappointed in the play because that’s not how we play. We keep the ball and pass it around but it looked as if we abandoned our style and we were trying to play long balls like the Colombians and it was not working for for us,” Fabin fumed.
“But I’m happy because its group stage and to have taken three points in your first match, it’s good, it’s very good, so I’m happy for that.”
“I’ll give credit to our goalkeeper and the defence, I think they did tremendously well.”
Ghana were making a return to the World Cup for the first time in ten years.
The two times champions are chasing a fourth title and will next face the United Stars on Monday.
By Lukman Evergreen Mumin