Ghana Football Association technical director, Francis Oti Akenteng says he is satisfied with Ghana performance despite narrow defeat to the Netherlands in a 2014 pre-World cup warm up match.<\/p>\n
The Black Stars were condemned by an early goal from Manchester United striker Robin Van Persie.<\/p>\n
He had the easiest task of tucking home from close in the 5th minute thanks to a defensive mistake.<\/p>\n
Akenteng says the game was a useful exercise and the Black Stars game a good account of themselves.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t think the score line should be taken too serious because it\u2019s a game in which two nations are putting final touches to their team,\u201d he told GHANASoccernet.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe stars have shown their strength in depth and I think some guys have given Kwesi (Appiah) a bit of headache in relation to his set up in the next game.<\/p>\n
\u201cAll in all, I feel it was a good exercise.\u201d<\/p>\n
Grusah disagrees <\/b><\/p>\n
King Faisal president Alhaji Karim Grusah says Ghana coach Kwesi Appiah will have to work on his strike force if his team is to excel at this year\u2019s 2014 FIFA World Cup.<\/p>\n
Robin Van Persie continued his fine form for his country by scoring the winner as the Netherlands beat Ghana 1-0 in Rotterdam on Saturday night.<\/p>\n
Louis Van Gaal\u2019s team dominated proceedings from start to finish with the Black Stars restricted to half chances throughout the game.<\/p>\n
Grusah says rapid improvement is needed at the strike force if impact is to be made at the world cup.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think the team did well not many incidence to talk about. From a sincere point of view I don\u2019t think we tested their goalkeeper,\u201d Grusah told GHANASoccernet.<\/p>\n
\u201cI feel we could have done more and that is where the coach must start working on.<\/p>\n
\u201cGoals decide games and to play a whole game without a clear cut chances is not so encouraging.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ghana\u2019s final test match is against South Korea on 9 June in Florida.<\/p>\n
Source: Ghanasoccernet<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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