The Black Queens of Ghana continued their preparations for the 2025 CAF Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) on Wednesday evening with a 4-2 victory over neighbors Benin.
The Queens are currently in Morocco, fine-tuning their final preparations for the upcoming tournament scheduled to kick off on July 5 in North Africa.
Prior to this game, the senior women’s national team defeated Malawi 3-1 in the first of three warm-up matches to be played before the start of the 2025 WAFCON.
In a game that produced four goals, Nina Norshie opened the scoring with an early strike in the 4th minute.
Just seven minutes later, Benin scored to restore parity to the game. Later in the 32nd minute, Benin equalised again to make it 2-1 before the halftime break.
Trailing at halftime, it took the Black Queens a show of impressive character in the second half to turn the tide.
Goals from Alice Kusi, Susan Duah, and Chantelle Hlorkah propelled the Black Queens to secure a 4-2 win against Benin at the end of the contest.
The wins against Benin and Malawi mean the Queens for the first time under new head coach Kim Lars Bjorkegren has secured back-to-back victories.
The win means Ghana have now won two of their last three games after previously picking up a single win in their last five.
The Swedish tactician since taking the helm of the Black Queens has managed seven games, winning three, losing three with one draw.
After the friendly wins against Malawi and Benin, the Black Queens will now prepare for a final crunch tie against the Queens of the continent, Nigeria as the last test before the start of this year’s WAFCON which kicks off next month in Morocco.
The Black Queens would be hoping to build on their confidence and start the tournament on the front foot as they seek their first continental cup and better their performance in 2016 where they won bronze in the WAFCON
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