{"id":37269,"date":"2014-08-06T08:07:08","date_gmt":"2014-08-06T08:07:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=37269"},"modified":"2014-08-06T08:07:08","modified_gmt":"2014-08-06T08:07:08","slug":"canada-0-1-ghana-black-princesses-beat-host-in-u-20-world-cup-opener","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=37269","title":{"rendered":"Canada 0 \u2013 1 Ghana: Black Princesses beat host in U-20 World Cup opener"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Ghana female under 20 national team caused a stir earlier this morning in the ongoing FIFA Women\u2019s Under 20 World Cup by beating host nation Canada by a goal to secure their first win of the competition.<\/p>\n<p>Sherifatu Sumaila set the Princesses off to a flying start when she scored the all-important goal in the 22<sup>nd<\/sup> minute to hand Bashir Hayford&#8217;s side the needed three points, before they face 2006 champions Korea DPR on Friday.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_37274\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37274\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Capture1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-37274\" alt=\"Goalscorer Sherifatu Sumaila of Ghana (2nd R) celebrates with Fatima Alhassan (20).\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Capture1-300x163.png\" width=\"300\" height=\"163\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Capture1-300x163.png 300w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Capture1.png 840w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-37274\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Goalscorer Sherifatu Sumaila of Ghana (2nd R) celebrates with Fatima Alhassan (20).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This win puts Ghana in second place, behind Korea DPR on goal difference after the Asian side claimed a 2-1 victory over Finland in the other match.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing the press right after the game, Coach Bashir Hayford hailed his team\u2019s exploits but was insistent nothing was going to come cheap for his side in the on-going competition.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was a good game, I appreciated all that I&#8217;ve seen tonight. And at the end of the day, the best team won,&#8221; said Hayford in Toronto.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We already learnt our first lesson: in a World Cup, nothing will be easy. We suffered, but we won.&#8221; \u2013 he added<\/p>\n<p>By: \u00a0Benjamin Epton Owusu with quotes from Ghanafa.org\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<br \/>\n<a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BenEpton_\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @BenEpton_<\/a><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\n!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=\/^http:\/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+':\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ghana female under 20 national team caused a stir earlier this morning in the ongoing FIFA Women\u2019s Under 20 World Cup by beating host nation Canada by a goal to secure their first win of the competition. 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