‘We are still in the building process’ – Black Queens coach Nora Hauptle

Despite leading the Black Queens to three victories, including a 1-0 win over the Teranga Lionesses of Senegal, Head Coach Nora Hauptle revealed that the team is still under construction.

The friendly matches were crucial preparation for future competitions, such as the qualifiers for the African Women’s Cup of Nations and the African Games in March 2024, which Ghana is hosting.

The second leg of the doubleheader saw four changes to the starting lineup, with McCarthy Kerrie, Anasthesia Achiaa, Patience Peterson, and Princess Owusu replacing Cynthia Konlan, Adama Alhassan, Gifty Assifuah, and Azumah Bugre.

Despite the team’s fine start, Hauptle believes that they still need to work on their principles and continue to find each other on the pitch, making friendly games against different opponents crucial for their development.

“I think, all in all, in the end, we deserved this victory, we also need to give respect to Senegal.”

“I think we had the patience also, we knew we have quality and in the end, sometimes you play not so beautiful, but you still win and this is very important.”

“Yes we go step by step, we still need to work a lot on our principles, the players need to find each other.”

“We are still in the building process of this team and it is very important again, that we have friendly games.”

“We can play against different kind of opponents, which gives us different task to fulfil then we go into the qualification series.”