Head Coach of the Black Starlets Paa Kwesi Fabin, has dismissed suggestions that the teams defeat at the hands of Mali at the Afcon U17 final, was because he underrated the opponents.
" We never underated them because I told journalist that my main priority is to qualify the team to the world cup and if we had won this cup it would have been an added bonus to me."
Coach Paa Kwesi Fabin made two changes in the line up that beat Niger in the semifinals. Edmund Arko Mensah and Bismark Terry Owusu were replaced with Najeeb Yakubu and Gideon Acquah respectively.
Le Aiglonnets of Mali scored through a penalty in the 22nd minutes following defender Gideon Otu's late tackle on Kone.
This win means that Mali has been able to defend the title they won in 2015