Black Princesses head coach Charles Sampson says his players have recovered from the disappointment of their opening defeat by Ecuador and are ready to fight for a response against South Korea.
Ghana will meet South Korea in their second group game on Wednesday, 9 September 2026, knowing they need maximum points to keep their hopes of reaching the knockout stage alive.
Sampson believes the team has put the result and the emotions surrounding it behind them after a positive training session.
"Our training was good, thank God. Now I can say confidently that the girls have come over the last game's shocker and the emotions in it. So now we are ready to go."
The coach said the side had continued to work on its finishing and was aiming to give the players greater confidence in the final third.
"We have always been good to go. We work on the final third almost all the time. We just need to give them more confidence in it and that's why we train on them every day, so they score more goals and get more confident, and that's what we've done today."
The Black Princesses were unable to produce the football they usually deliver in their first match, according to Sampson, who described the defeat as an unusual setback.
"I would just say the first game was a very weird game. Weird in many senses, that what we normally do with ease was not really working and it can also be so many factors, difficult to pinpoint."
Despite the disappointment, Sampson said the character within the squad would help Ghana deal with the challenge posed by South Korea.
"But as a team and with the sort of character we have in the team here, this is a challenge that we will handle well."
The coach acknowledged that the Ecuador loss had affected both the players and coaching staff, but said the squad had now regained its focus ahead of the second group fixture.
"The girls were all down, just like myself on the first day, but we have shaken it off and now we are ready to go and redeem ourselves. We are looking forward to the game against South Korea tomorrow."
Victory would give Ghana the maximum points from the match and preserve their hopes of qualifying from the group stage. Following the defeat by Ecuador, the Black Princesses must now respond against South Korea if they are to remain in contention.
Sampson is therefore relying on the work carried out in training, particularly in the final third, to produce a more confident attacking display when the teams meet on Wednesday.
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