Black Queens head coach Kim Lars Björkegren remains confident in Ghana’s chances of advancing to the next stage of the 2024 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON), despite suffering a 2-0 loss to defending champions South Africa in their opening Group C match.
Ghana made a promising start to the encounter but were undone by first-half goals from Linda Motlhalo and Jermaine Seoposenwe, which handed Banyana Banyana a winning start to their title defence.
The Black Queens came close on several occasions, striking the crossbar twice, but were ultimately unable to find the back of the net.
Speaking after the match, Björkegren praised his team’s overall display and stressed that qualification remains firmly within reach.
“We were the better team in the first half hour until the goal came. They scored from the penalty — it came from nowhere. After that, we gave them the opportunity to score another one, and that is a problem. We lost a little bit of concentration,” said Björkegren.
“Otherwise, I think the performance was pretty good, I will say. We knew we were playing the previous champions, and maybe the toughest game we could play.
“We did many, many good things. We can take the positives into the next two games, and I am pretty sure we will make it to the playoffs — and that is important.
“I am a little bit disappointed with the result but not with the performance,” he added.
Ghana will next face Mali before wrapping up their Group C campaign against Tanzania.
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