Head coach of the Ghana U20 Girls team, Yussif Basigi has admitted that there is pressure on his team to win all matches.
Ghana is five days away from hosting the maiden edition of the WAFU B U20 Girls Cup in Kumasi.
Although coach Yussif Basigi says things are calm, he believes there is pressure for the Black Princesses to win every single game as the host nation.
“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.
He continued, “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.”
At the WAFU Zone B U20 Girls tournament, the Black Princesses of Ghana are in Group A alongside Benin and Cote D’Ivoire.
The Princesses will kick off their campaign against Benin on Saturday, May 20, 2023, at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium.