Black Princesses head coach, Ben Fokuo has assured that his players will be on a competitive level for the FIFA U-20 World Cup after their heavy defeat to France in a pre-World Cup friendly.

Fokuo promised to intensify the training routines and sharpened the team to reach the level he demands before the tournament starts on August 10, 2022.

The former Ghana U-17 men's coach said the Black Princesses have had good recovery sessions after the 4-0 defeat on July 29, 2022.

"We will train hard and make sure our strength and fitness level is on the level we want it to be at."

"After the France game, we had recovery training and the girls are responding to treatment and picking up gradually after the loss against France."

Fukuo pointed out that the tempo of the friendly against France took the Black Princesses by surprise but the technical team are working on getting the team to a competitive level.

"The tempo of the game with France was totally different from what we expected but now we have seen the problems and with training sessions we had, you can see that the players are picking up quickly and making sure they get their strength to the level of the competition".

Ghana are paired with the USA, Japan and Netherlands in Group D of the World Cup.

The Black Princesses will begin their campaign against the USA on August 11, before facing Japan on August 14 and then conclude the group stages 3 days later against the Netherlands.

Source: Ghanaweb