Head coach of Ghana’s U-20 National Men’s Football Team [Black Satellites], Maxwell Konadu, says his team gave away easy goals to Nigeria while reflecting on a loss to Ghana’s bitter rivals. (Scroll down to watch video)
The Black Satellites lost 4-2 to defending champions Nigeria in their opening game at the 2026 WAFU Zone B Under-20 Championship in Côte d’Ivoire.
Ghana trailed Nigeria 3-1 at half-time en route to the two-goal deficit loss ahead of scheduled Group B clashes against Burkina Faso and Togo.
Reflecting on the loss, Maxwell Konadu was unhappy about his team’s defensive output, stating,
“I think it was quite a difficult game, we planned to start with a high press to see how our opponents would handle it and in the process, we gave away some cheap goals that I think could have been avoided.”
“They-Nigeria- did well. I think they played better than we did. We have accepted that. We were organized but giving away two cheap goals, I don’t think we can make headway with that.”
🎥 🇬🇭 “We planned to start with a high press against our opponents, but we ended up conceding cheap goals,”
Black Satellites coach Maxwell Konadu after a 4–2 loss to Nigeria in the WAFU B Championship.#CitiSports pic.twitter.com/ZINtxVgXjM
— Citi Sports (@CitiSportsGHA) July 27, 2026
