President John Dramani Mahama proved he is no informal observer in relation to soccer, displaying spectacular tactical consciousness as he welcomed the Black Queens to the Jubilee Home following their Ladies’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) bronze medal success.
The president’s evaluation of the staff’s match efficiency confirmed he’d been watching with a correct soccer mind fairly than simply political curiosity.
His detailed breakdown of their semi-final penalty shootout loss to Morocco revealed somebody who genuinely understands the sport’s finer particulars.
Talking on the Jubilee Home on Tuesday, July 29, 2025, President Mahama and Vice President Jane Naana Opoku Agyemang hosted the senior ladies’s nationwide staff following their bronze medal achievement at the 2024 WAFCON in Morocco.
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Mahama’s soccer information was evident as he praised the staff’s tactical strategy all through the match. President Mahama stated:
The Vice President, Jane Naana Opoku Agyemang, and I are pleased to obtain you. We adopted your video games very keenly, particularly Naana Jane, who was your chief supporter. Your fashion of play was unbelievable.
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President Mahama on going through host nation
Nevertheless it was his evaluation of their essential semi-final conflict that actually impressed. The president clearly understood the psychological challenges of going through host nation Morocco. He added:
It was simply unlucky that you simply got here up in opposition to the host nation at a really essential time. Taking part in in opposition to a house staff isn’t simple, however you held them all through.
His evaluation of the penalty shootout defeat demonstrated correct soccer intelligence fairly than surface-level commentary.
It was solely the penalties that permit us down. So, all is just not misplaced. Your greatest days are nonetheless forward of you.
Plan to arrange sports activities fund
Past the tactical speak, Mahama addressed Ghana soccer’s persistent funding challenges with concrete guarantees. He assured:
We’ll work to safe devoted funding for sports activities in order that points with financing, staff journey, and cost of allowances turn out to be a factor of the previous.
The president concluded with typical optimism, backing the Queens for future glory.
I am an optimist. I do know I am going to see you right here earlier than I depart workplace as President with a gold medal.
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He additionally donated an undisclosed sum of money to understand the Black Queens.
