Black Stars Head Coach Otto Addo has asserted his happiness about the team’s performance despite losing to the bitter rivals, Nigeria, in the semi-finals of the 2025 Unity Cup at Brentford’s Gtech Community Stadium.
Otto Addo opined from his pre-game interview that he would use the match as an opportunity to experiment with the squad.
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This saw him hand debuts to four players – Aaron Essel, Mohammed Fuseini, Christopher Bonsu Baah, and Caleb Yirenkyi.
The Black Stars conceded an early goal from Rangers forward Cyriel Dessers following a defensive lapse in concentration.
Nations FC’s Razak Simpson’s own goal doubled the lead for the Alata boys.
The introduction of Caleb Yirenkyi and Thomas Asante injected some pace and energy into the game, which saw the latter halve the deficit through a well-worked goal from the right flank.
“For me as a coach, we got some answers about players.”
“Some young players did well, and yeah, we are still learning and trying to improve. I think we got a whole lot of answers from our coaching staff, and yeah, we have to continue.” Addo said at the post-match.
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Ghana will save their fortunes when they square up against Trinidad and Tobago in the third-place playoff of the 2025 Unity Cup.
