Sports News of Monday, 11 November 2019Source: Graphic.com.ghU-23 AFCON: Ghana in a must win match against host Egypt tonightEgypt won their first Group A match against MaliThe National U-23 coach, Ibrahim Tanko is likely to face the biggest test in the ongoing U-23 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) tournament when his team encounter host nation Egypt in their second Group A match. Considering the opposition ahead of him in today’s epic match, coach Tanko has described it as difficult, but assured of a positive result. “ Just like Egypt, we also have quality players, but our target is a place in the Olympics, so we need to win our match against Egypt today“ he said. Interestingly, coach Shawky Gharib of Egypt is equally anxious of the maximum points and considers their match against Ghana as crucial for their forward match to the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. We take each game at a time and now it's Ghana who are a very good team with good players.

Source: GhanaWeb November 11, 2019 12:17 UTC