Ghana U20 coach Tetteh praises players after South Africa win

Sellas Tetteh

Ghana Under-20 coach Sellas Tetteh praised his players for their effort in their 2-0 win over South Africa at the ongoing Africa Youth Championship in Senegal.

The Ghanaians took the lead in the 8th minute when Aubrey Modiba pushed the ball past his own keeper following pressure from Ghana's Prosper Kassim.

Ghana then made it 2-0 a minute before half-time through Benjamin Tetteh after the otherwise reliable Msibi was lobbed after rushing of his area.

South Africa were forced to play almost the entire second half with 10 men after defender Aubrey Modiba was shown the second yellow card and the red card for two reckless challenges.

Coach Sellas Tetteh hailed the effort of his team and remains confident they will go far in the competition.

We wasted a lot of chances. Whenever a team is down by a man, they appear motivated and work very hard. After the red card, we were not effective,” he told cafonline.com

Despite being a man down the South Africans gave us a good game and that is the hallmark of a good team.”

The Black Satellites will next play Zambia in their next group game on Thursday.