Ghana prepare for Algeria showdown for 2024 Wafcon quarterfinal
Ghana finish second for Group C afta dem thrash Tanzania 4-1 for di last group game to qualify for di knockout stage for di first since 2016.
Di black queens bin reach di final for di Wafcon (1998, 2002 and 2006) but since dem di team bin dey blow hot and cold.
Dem comot di group stage for 2008, 2010, 2014 and 2018 for dia home.
Di team now bin dey desperate to reach di final, but dem gatz conquer Algeria wey be first timers for dis stage.
Di fennecs bin progress to dis stage afta dem play goalless draw wit Nigeria for dia last group game.
Dem neva concede goal so far for di Wafcon; dem win 1-0 v Botswana and 0-0 wit Tunisia.
Dia keeper Chloe N'Gazi wey dem name as di best goalkeeper for di group stages bin dey solid for dem so far.
Dia na crunch time for both teams, afta Nigeria sama Zambia 5-0 to profess to di semifinal.
Host nation Morocco na di oda kontri wey don scatter dia opponent to reach di semifinals.
Di Atlas lionesses sama Mali 3-1, wia sabi pipo tok say dem bi one of di favourites for dis Wafcon.
Wetin Ghana and Algeria coaches tok
Algeria coach Farid Benstiti dey aware of di ogbonge game wey dey ahead wit Ghana, and e get confidence.
"Dis na our first time for di quarterfinal, we sabi Ghana, dem be strong team but just like di group stage, we go try to do our best."
Benstiti add say "anytin dey possible for football, I tink Ghana dey close to Nigeria, dem dey athletic but we wan prove say we deserve to be in di quarterfinal."
"We bin respect Ghana but we go try to win di game."
But dia coach get one headache- di fennecs na di team wit di lowest shot conversion rate among di quarterfinal teams wit 4.17%.
Dem neva get even one shot on target for dia game against Nigeria wia dem only score one goal for di group stage from 13 shots.
Coach Benstiti admit say tins bin dey tough but di team go do beta.
"Na true tin say we bin score only one goal, but we still get di same target (to qualify for di next stage)."
"For dis quarterfinal, na 50/50 game, we gat to be more efficient than Ghana, we go continue to attack," Benstiti tok for pre-match press conference.
But for Ghana coach Kim Lars Björkegren, di black queens gat to maintain dia form from di last game.
Kim Lars Björkegren tok say "Algeria na good team for defence, wia dem gat ogbonge goalkeeper. We go make tins difficult for her."
"We no fit dey shoot from 45 yards and expect to score her, we gat to create beta chances and take dem all."
Kim Lars Björkegren add say "di game na difficult game but I dey sure say we go play good game against dem."
Key players and wetin dem tok
Algeria goalkeeper Chloe N'Gazi na ogbonge player for dem wey she go be key player.
She tok say "we go try to reach di semifinals. Dis na ogbonge responsibility for us. We neva go make anitin bother us."
She bin keep clean sheet for di three group games.
Na so dem bin name her as di best goalkeeper for di group stage; ahead of di reigning goalkeeper of di year Chiamaka Nnandozie from Nigeria.
But she go dey tested for dis game versus Ghana, but she dey confident.
Anoda player wey bin dey key for di fennecs na Ghoutia Karchouni.
Di 30-year-old na di player wey score dia only goal for di tournament so far v Botswana to win only dia third nations cup game in 11 years.
She say she go try to help di team for dis ogbonge match.
For di black queens, dem go hope say dia key players - Chantelle Boye-Hlorkah wey bin win woman of di match for dia last game, go turn up.
Also di coach expect midfielder Jennifer Cudjoe and captain Portia Boakye to dey in form.
Ghana also bin dey welcome striker Doris Boaduwaa from suspension afta she miss di last game.
Princella Adubea wey replace Doris against Tanzania bin play well wey she score one goal, but she bin hurt bifor di game end.
So Doris gat di chance to start against Algeria.
Di game go happun at 4PM GMT (5PM WAT) for di stade municipal de Berkane.
Join us for di live text commentary for dis ogbonge game.
Algeria go make history ?
Or Ghana go qualify for di semifinal ?
Make una join us make we find out ..
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