Otto Addo, the coach of the Black Stars, is optimistic ahead of Monday, September 9, 2024’s matchup with Niger in Morocco.
The Black Stars will be looking to get back on track following their Thursday night loss to Angola in Kumasi.
Addo is encouraged by the team’s mindset even if he acknowledged that he and the players were depressed following the defeat to the Palancas Negras.
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“Everybody was down, so I think the first part was surely mentally. I was down myself after the match, but the next day I had a lot of positive feedback from friends and family, also from some press people, and also the press conference after the game showed me that we didn’t play bad,” he said at the pre-match presser.
“It was a really, unlucky game, and this positive sign gave me confidence, and this is the confidence I was trying to give to the team in the last days, and I think it worked quite well.
“The guys looked good at the training, and surely there were some things defensive-wise but also offensive-wise which we had to work on. We tried to implement it in our training as far as we could. Surely not all of them could do everything because of the recovery after the game, but at the end of the day, now I think we are ready for tomorrow.”
