Black Queens coach Kim Lars Björkegren has said that the team were more deserving of a slot in the final of the 2024 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations 2024, despite their semi-final loss to Morocco.
Ghana exited the tournament at the semi-final stage after 4-2 loss to Morocco on penalty shootouts on Tuesday night in Rabat.
The Queens took the lead through Stella Nyamekye’s opportunistic strike midway through the first half.
However, Morocco fought back and restored parity after Sakina Ouazraoui profited from some questionable defending in the second half.
Looking back on the performance, Björkegren said “I am so proud of the girls. I think we were the better team today and I think we deserved the win.”
“You can see it in the expected goals. We had 2.21 against a team that had less than 1 expected goals.”
“That is normally a win but we were unlucky today. I could not be more proud of the girls today, and how hard they worked here” he concluded.
Ghana will now fight for third place honors against South Africa on Saturday.
The Black Queens are guaranteed a minimum of $300,000 despite not making the final.
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