Djiku, Jordan want new mentality for Egypt, Mozambique games

Alexander Djiku is calling on his team mates to be more aggressive in their play to stand the chance of beating Egypt and Mozambique in the two remaining group games.

Ghana crashed to a painful 2-1 loss to Cape Verde in their open­ing group B game at Stade Felix Houphouët-Boigny on Sunday – leav­ing the Black Stars at the bottom of the group with no point.

The Montpellier born defender, who put up a world class perfor­mance in the defeat to the Blue Sharks, was left disappointed by the outcome of the game but believes the team has the ability to win the next game.

Speaking in a post-match interview, Djiku said the Black Stars must work hard and create more chances to beat Egypt.

“It’s so difficult but we need to do more’’ he said.

‘’We need to be more aggressive; we need to play more, we need to create more chances and we need to also score. We have another game and we need to win that one’’ he added.

Alexander Djiku made his debut in October 2020 against Mali in an international friendly and has gone on to play 25 times and scored two goals for Ghana.

He currently plays for Turkish Su­per Lig club, Fenerbahçe, after stints with Bastia, Caen and Strasbourg in France.

In another development, Ghana forward, Jordan Ayew, has asked the Black Stars players to ‘stay positive and raise our head’ in the two remaining group games to have any chance of qualifying to the next stage of the competition.

In his press engage­ment, Jordan remarked that the team’s poor concentration level cost them the win.

‘’I think we are all dis­appointed because we had the game in our hands. We have always lost concentration at crucial moments, they scored two goals from our sloppy play” he said.

“As a team we need to recover quickly because we can’t always say it’s a young team; we have played together for two years or more. It’s been three, four years.”

“Obviously it’s a tough night for us and the fans. But we have two more games and we need to stay positive and to raise our heads and do it the hard way. We don’t have a choice now, we need to do it the hard way and see the outcome’’ Jordan Ayew added. – Ghanafa.org

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