Minister of Sports and Recreation, Kofi Adams, has expressed his admiration for the Black Stars following their performance at the recent Unity Cup tournament.
After securing consecutive victories over Chad and Madagascar in the March World Cup qualifiers, Ghana’s senior national team assembled in London to compete in the four-nation event held at the Gtech Community Stadium.
The Black Stars suffered a narrow 2-1 defeat to Nigeria but bounced back strongly with a convincing 4-0 win against Trinidad and Tobago, ultimately finishing third in the competition.
Despite missing out on the top spot, Minister Adams commended the team’s efforts and commitment throughout the tournament.
“We are all impressed with the level of performance of the national team. I am very impressed with the commitment of the team both before and after the Unity Cup games,” he told Sporty FM.
“The games gave the technical team the opportunity to introduce young players into the team, and we all saw the performances of some of them, which were good performances.”
He highlighted the value the tournament provided for the technical staff to test new talents, noting that several young players delivered promising displays.
“The first half of the game against Nigeria was not the best, but we all saw that in the second half, we took the game to the Nigerians. Even though we lost, Nigeria could not celebrate because they knew the Black Stars performed better than them.
“The first half was bad because that was the first time many of the players were introduced into the team. The goalkeeper [Benjamin Asare] had a bad day in our first game, but in the second game, we all saw the spectacular performance put up by the team.
“From a technical angle, I believe we have achieved so much even though we lost to Nigeria. We had only two games to play, and for me, it has been a great tournament for the team, and we should be happy about it,” he added.
Looking ahead, the Black Stars will prepare for Matchday 7 and 8 of the 2026 World Cup qualifiers, facing Chad and Mali in September.