The Black Maidens have arrived in Accra after exiting from the ongoing world 2016 FIFA Women's World Cup tournament which is being held in Jordan.
The Ghana U17 female side suffered a 2-1 defeat to Korea DPR in the quarter final stage after the Asian side scored a 94th minute goal.
The Ghanaian delegation left Jordan on Friday October 14 and made a transit in Dubai before arriving in Accra on Saturday afternoon.
The delegation was met on arrival by a GFA delegation lead by Emergency Committee member Nana Banyin Eyison and Executive Committee member Madam Leanier Addy.
Nana Banyin urged congratulated the team for their performance at the competition and urged them to continue to be perfect ambassadors for the country through soccer.
" You raised the flag of Ghana high at the tournament and it was just unfortunate that we lost with just few minutes to the end the game against Korea".
" On behalf of the president of the Association, I will like to welcome you back home and I believe that you will continue to progress to the other national team's and make our nation proud", the EMCO member said.
The Black Maidens lost 5-0 to Japan but quickly bounced back to beat USA (2-1) and Paraguay (1-0) to make it to the quarterfinal stage of the competition.
Source: GFA
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This is what baffles my mind when people who are supposed to know better are talking like serial callers. We live in a nation where Grass root Football is totally collapsed. The FA/Government doesn't care about developing talents. The league is nothing to write home about. We couldn't even get sponsorship to begin with. look at how curuption is the other of the day in our league centres. We have the FA who is fighting with the Sports Ministry. Yet we blame Avram for everything? We can't be serious. I heard Kwaku Yeboah asking coach Sarpong if Avram Grant been organising training for local coaches as part of what the FA contracted him to do. And he said no! Must this be organised by Avram or must the FA have programme for the year where it will be mandatory for the coach to do that? In any serious community; Job Descriptions are given; Targets are Set and Plans are laid to achieve the Targets. Check with with all the Advanced FAs and you will testify to what I'm talking about. It sad to hear some of this so called Sports Presenters and how they analyse and criticise. I hope they will sit one day and listen to how F00OLISH they sound with their arguments and submissions. Instead of channelling the opportunity to call for accountability and grass root development of the game with all the money people have been squandering, they just talk about the coach this, the coach that! How can you build a better house without a good foundation? I remember all the various radio presenters calling for Avram Grant to stay in Ghana, what must he stay to monitor? Any games ongoing in Ghana? How many local players are in the national team? The local league is collapsed but we don't hold anybody accountable. Where are the Cost Leagues? All lands are sold for stores and properties. SAD for Ghana!!
Recovering from the trashing by defending championship leaders and translating the technical instructions unto the field and mastering the competence into moving unto the group stage as the only african team is inspiration to us all and we salute you in a very special way.