MAXWELL KONADU OPTIMISTIC OF LOCAL BLACK STARS QUALIFICATION IN WAFU TOURNAMENT

MAXWELL KONADU OPTIMISTIC ABOUT STARS QUALIFICATION

LOCAL BLACK STARS COACH KONADU BELIEVES GHANA CAN QUALIFY

Head coach of the Local black stars Maxwell Konadu believes his side has still got better chances of qualifying from group A to play in the finals of the ongoing GOtv WAFU tournament.

Ghana was hoping to get a 2nd straight win which could eventually see them to play in the finals but received a jolt after a shocking defeat to Benin on Saturday everning.This means the stars will have to win their last game against Burkina today and also hope Benin does  not win against Sierra Leon.

In an interview the coach said “I don’t think it’s over. Anything can happen in the next game. We need to prepare very well and and try to beat Burkina [Faso],” Konadu said. “Apart from that we don’t have a chance of moving to the final.
“I don’t think it’s over. Anything can happen in the next game. We need to prepare very well and and try to beat Burkina [Faso],
“Apart from that we don’t have a chance of moving to the final.”
He added that: “We have to work on our boys, physically and mentally. We have to psyche them very well. Some have been in this situation for quite too long time and at this level you can’t just take the laws into your hands. We have psyche them and make sure it doesn’t happen again.
“This is a preparatory tournament for us. The bigger picture is the one [CHAN] in South Africa.”

Winners in both groups will eventually play in the finals.