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Attuquayefio content with challenges
of pairings
Accra, April 11, GNA – Cecil Jones Attuquayefio, coach of
Ghana’s Olympic soccer team has said that he is content with
the challenges that come with playing against tough teams.
The Black Meteors was on Tuesday housed in Group A alongside
Tunisia, winners of the South Africa- Botswana and
Cameroon-Gabon duels for the All African Games in Algiers in
July and the tactician says the Ghanaians will come good.
He told the GNA Sports that “It is a good exercise to play
tough teams especially when you have crucial qualifiers like
that of the Olympic Games ahead.
“Engaging tough teams is the only time you can really
examine your strength and get prepared for the challenges
ahead. I strongly relish the opportunity of meeting each
member of the group in Algiers”.
The former Africa’s Best Coach said the Meteors will use the
competition as a stepping stone in deriving that fine form
to qualify for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.
The Meteors, bronze medalists at the Barcelona Games in 1992
will begin their campaign for Asia in June against a
yet-to-be-named opponent.
The Olympic Games qualifiers end next March.
“Algiers will surely be a test of our temperament but our
aim is to maximize every opportunity that smiles at us in
our quest to build a solid team that will make all proud”.
The coach is envisaging an European tour for the team in
search of that desired exposure ahead of Algiers.
“We should be able to marry the foreign-based players and
their local counterparts by next month when the various
leagues will be on recess so we can have a tour of central
Europe to step up our preparations towards the competitions
and the qualifiers”.
GNA
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