{"id":267507,"date":"2016-11-12T10:59:44","date_gmt":"2016-11-12T10:59:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=267507"},"modified":"2016-11-12T10:59:44","modified_gmt":"2016-11-12T10:59:44","slug":"basigi-hails-impact-of-foreign-based-players-ahead-of-afcon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/11\/basigi-hails-impact-of-foreign-based-players-ahead-of-afcon\/","title":{"rendered":"Basigi hails impact of foreign based players ahead of AFCON"},"content":{"rendered":"
Head Coach of the Black Queens Yusif Basigi says he is pleased with the strength of his squad following the addition of a number of foreign based players ahead of the upcoming Women\u2019s 2016 Afcon in Cameroon.<\/p>\n
Ghana\u2019s senior female national team have been in camp for a good part of the last two months at the Ghanaman Soccer school of Excellence in Prampram.<\/p>\n
However their counterparts based outside the country including Samira Suleiman,Linda Eshun and Florence Dadson could only join the team in Ghana for the final phase of their training.<\/p>\n
\u201cWith the arrival of the foreign based players the team has shot up,\u201d he told Citi Sports.<\/p>\n
\u201cEven though the home based players were doing very well and we have been impressed with their performances the coming of the foreign based players has given the team a massive boost.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou can tell that the team has a future and with a little cohesion we will achieve what we want.\u201d The Queens are expected to play a final preparatory game in Cape Coast on November 12 against a select side after a scheduled friendly against Cote D\u2019Ivoire was abruptly called off. Ghana will face defending champions Nigeria as well as Kenya and Mali in Group B.<\/p>\n
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By:Benjamin Nketsia\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Head Coach of the Black Queens Yusif Basigi says he is pleased with the strength of his squad following the addition of a number of foreign based players ahead of the upcoming Women\u2019s 2016 Afcon in Cameroon. Ghana\u2019s senior female national team have been in camp for a good part of the last two months […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":267508,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[142],"tags":[2791,13533,564],"yoast_head":"\n