Black Princesses, Coach Ben Fokuo believes the penalties conceded cost their lost against Japan.
Ghana was beaten 2-0 by Japan in the FIFA U20 Women’s World Cup after two penalties in ten minutes by Maika Hamano.
“It is unfortunate we lost our second group game which means for the 6th attempt, we won’t make it past the group stage,” coach Fokuo said in a post-match interview.
“Our first half performance was better than the second half. We started the second half on a better note until we conceded the penalty which I think pushed the girls down a little bit.
He continued: “We conceded another penalty and it is unfortunate to concede through penalty but I think we played better than our first game.
“We wanted to go at least to the quarter finals but that didn’t happen. It is sad not to make it this time again so we will go back and work hard so that in the next edition, we will try our best to make it from the group stage.”
To advance to the next round of the competition, the Black Princesses must defeat the Netherlands by a large margin and hope that Japan defeats the United States.