Otto Addo looking for improved performance against Uganda

Ghana’s national football team, the Black Stars, are looking to bounce back from their opening loss under new Head Coach Otto Addo when they face Uganda in a friendly match on Tuesday (26 March).

The Black Stars fell 2-1 to arch-rivals Nigeria in Addo’s first game back at the helm since taking over from Chris Hughton. However, Addo remains optimistic about his team’s chances against the Ugandan Cranes.

“It’s a different set-up, different hurdles for this match,” Addo said. “I think this match we go as favourites but still, it won’t be easy; we have been preparing like two or three systems which will suit the game.”

“I think the boys did well in training; a lot of the patterns look good and we still have to be aware. They have their qualities and we have to be concentrated but we are looking forward to this match, especially because we lost the first match. We now want the victory.”

Addo emphasised the importance of a strong start: “We didn’t start that well against Nigeria. The first ten minutes, we were not that good; afterwards, we came in more and more and I am looking forward to that match.”

“I hope that we have a brilliant start and then from there we can keep on because they also will have to come a little bit more; we will have more space to score more goals but the basic is a good start where we create chances. During training today, we talked about it a lot and so I am looking forward to see them doing it on the pitch.”

Addo also spoke about the lessons learned from the Nigeria defeat: “We had a post-match analysis where we had many things which we have to look at. Because there were good situations, like pressing, but there were also bad situations where we didn’t press that well. We have a lot of things to improve with the positioning, out of possession and also in possession and specially in the first half, we had some easy mistakes which allowed the opponent to have chances and for that, we analysed a lot and the players showed a good reaction.”

“I like it when they see their own mistakes and this is the first step to improvement and so we took it well; they took the criticism well and this is the most important thing.”

The Ghana vs. Uganda friendly will kick off at 4:00 PM GMT on Tuesday (26 March), at the Stade de Marrakech in Morocco.

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