The Black Princesses of Ghana picked an important 1:2 away victory against the Crested Cranes of Uganda on Saturday afternoon in the first leg clash of the Fifa U-20 women’s world cup qualifiers.
Coach Ben Forkuo, named a chuck of the players who played against Zambia in starting line-up.
Ampem Darkoa’s Abena Anoma Opoku was also handed a starting role together with Hasaacas Ladies’ attacker Doris Boaduwaa.
20’ | Goallllllll … !
Salamatu Abdulai puts the #BlackPrincesses in front ⚽️
🇺🇬 0:1 🇬🇭
C’mmon #BlackPrincesses, #StrongerTogether 💪🏾#U20WWCQ 🏆 #ShineBlackPrincesses✨#BringBackTheLove 🥰 pic.twitter.com/bj3H8My2ao
— 𝗚HANA WOMEN NATIONAL TEAMS 🇬🇭 (@Team_GhanaWomen) January 22, 2022
The Princesses took the lead in the 20th-minute mark through striker Salamatu Abdulai as the first half ended 1:0 in favour of Ghana.
Back from the break, Grace Anima struck in the 48th minute when she curled in a freekick to give the Black Princesses a 0:2 lead.
48’ | 🔥
Grace Anima curls in a freekick and bang, it’s a goallllll ⚽️
🇺🇬 0:2 🇬🇭
C’mmon #BlackPrincesses, #StrongerTogether 💪🏾#U20WWCQ 🏆 #ShineBlackPrincesses✨#BringBackTheLove 🥰 pic.twitter.com/w3EwztSuQa
— 𝗚HANA WOMEN NATIONAL TEAMS 🇬🇭 (@Team_GhanaWomen) January 22, 2022
The Ghanaian team kept pushing for more goals to make the reverse leg an easy task.
However, the Ugandan captain Fauzia Najjemba pulled one back through a spot kick in the 83 as the full 90 minutes ended 1:2 advantaged Ghana.
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