For the seventh consecutive event, Ghana’s Black Princesses have didn’t advance past the group phases of the FIFA U20 Ladies’s World Cup.
Regardless of going through New Zealand of their closing group sport, the Ghanaian aspect’s destiny was sealed after Argentina’s victory over Costa Rica. Argentina secured the last-best third-place slot and eradicated Ghana’s probabilities of progressing.
The Princesses started their 2024 World Cup marketing campaign in Colombia with a disappointing 2-1 loss to event debutants Austria.
They adopted that with a 4-1 defeat by the hands of 2018 champions, Japan, leaving their hopes of advancing hanging by a thread.
Though a win towards New Zealand would give them three factors, it could not be sufficient to surpass any of the very best third-placed groups.
Coach Yussif Basigi, banking on a slip-up from Argentina, made the daring resolution to bench first-choice goalkeeper Afi Amenyeku, giving Jenna Sapong her debut. Nevertheless, the end result of Argentina’s match rendered Ghana’s closing group fixture a useless rubber.
The Black Princesses entered the event with excessive expectations, particularly after claiming gold in ladies’s soccer on the 2023 African Video games.
Their group-stage elimination as soon as once more raises questions concerning the structural points inside the workforce, as they proceed to battle on the world stage.
Whereas Ghana exits the competitors, fellow African groups Nigeria and Cameroon have progressed to the following spherical.
Nigeria completed second of their group behind Germany whereas Cameroon superior as among the finest third-placed groups.