Black Satellites captain, Daniel Afriyie Barnieh has shared that he aims to lead the team to glory in the upcoming 2020 WAFU Zone B Cup of Nations.
Afriyie and his teammates are currently camping at the Ghanaman Soccer Centre of Excellence under the supervision of coach Karim Zito.
According to Afriyie he is determined to lead the team to success starting with the upcoming WAFU tourney in neigbouring Togo.
“As the captain of the side, I am eager to ensure that we achieve success in the tournament in Togo as well as all the other international assignments that we will be engaged in from next year”, Afriyie said.
“We have been in camp for over a month now preparing for the WAFU tornament, and, our technical team have been of greeat assistance to us, taking us through our paces.”
“With what I have observed so far, I can confidently conclude that all the boys in camp are focued on the task ahead and, I am confident that we will return to Ghana with the trophy at the end of it all”.
Coach of the side, Addul Karim Zito has been impressed with the quality at his disposal and is hopeful of leading his charges to success in Togo next month.
“So far so good. What we are doing as a technical team is to raise their conditioning and, we have been impressed with what we have seen so far”, Coach Zito ssid.
“We expect the WAFU tournament to be tough but, Ghana is also a top team to play against at this level and, we intend to go to Togo to prove that”, he added.
The WAFU Zone B Cup of Nations will also serve as qualifiers for the Africa Youth Championship next year.