Published:
Head coach of the Ghana U-15 Boys national team, Kwaku Danso says was positive of his team’s performance in the opening day of the CAF African Schools Football Championship Ghana 2025 on Wednesday.
The hosts secured a convincing 2-0 victory over Uganda at the University of Ghana to get off the starting blocks on a positive note.
Despite the securing the victory, Danso believes the two-goal victory is not a true reflection of the match and believes his side could have found the back of the net at least four times had they buried their chances.
“Its not bad but I am not much enthused. We should have scored at least four goals but as a whole, it was not bad and we did very well” said Danso.
While the coach believes they should have secured a much bigger victory margin, he was cautious of putting his boys under too much pressure, adding that age and experience played a huge factor and that with more games, the team would perform even better.
“We didn’t start well because some of the boys don’t have exposure to this level, which accounted to the slow start. We are going to work on that. They are gradually getting the experience and we have to psych them up. Looking at their ages, you can understand that they are still adjusting so we have to be patient and understand that we are working towards a bigger picture here” added the coach.
This is Ghana’s first participation at the CAF African Schools Football Championship Continental Finals and will be banking on home ground advantage in doing well against the best U-15 national teams from across the continent.
They were the top-scoring team across the WAFU B qualifiers, having amassed an impressive seven goals in the tournament.
Up next for the hosts will be a clash against South Africa who won by the same scoreline against Algeria in a simultaneous fixture played on Wednesday.
They will conclude their Day 2 fixtures with a clash against a wounded Algeria in the afternoon.
All CAF African Schools Football Championship Ghana 2025 matches can be streamed live on CAF’s official YouTube channel, CAF TV.