Our passing against JS Kabylie was poor â?? GoldStars coach Frimpong Manso

Bibiani GoldStars coach Frimpong Manso has admitted his team’s poor passing and first-half errors cost them dearly in their 2-0 defeat to Algeria’s JS Kabylie in the first leg of their CAF Champions League preliminary round at the Accra Sports Stadium on Saturday.

The Ghana Premier League champions, making their maiden appearance in the competition, conceded in both halves to leave themselves with a mountain to climb in the reverse fixture in Algeria next week.

Manso, who guided the club to their first domestic league title, said the performance in the opening 45 minutes fell well below expectation.

“I think it was a difficult game, and we made too many mistakes in the first half. To be frank, playing against such a team, if you start to lose passes in the midfield, you always find yourself wanting. So for me, especially in the first half, we didn't play well,” Manso said after the game.

“Our passes were poor; we were losing possession, and also from midfield to attack we were not supporting. After considering the first half, I think we made some changes in the second half which weren’t bad — I think it improved our team.”

Medhi Merghem’s first-half strike and Babacar Sarr’s second-half tap-in from a corner punished the Ghanaian champions. GoldStars must now overturn a two-goal deficit in the return leg to advance.

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