{"id":27772,"date":"2020-12-08T13:28:24","date_gmt":"2020-12-08T13:28:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/?p=27772"},"modified":"2020-12-08T13:28:24","modified_gmt":"2020-12-08T13:28:24","slug":"ghana-u-20-coach-karim-zito-ready-wafu-championship-opener-nigeria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/ghana-u-20-coach-karim-zito-ready-wafu-championship-opener-nigeria\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghana U-20 coach Karim Zito ready for WAFU Championship opener against Nigeria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Ghana U-20 coach Karim Zito ready for WAFU Championship opener against Nigeria<\/em><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Black Satellites coach Karim Zito has reiterated his team&#8217;s readiness for the WAFU U-20 Championship opener against Nigeria on Wednesday.\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7515973527815049\" data-ad-slot=\"5197133662\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><br \/>\nThe Ghana U-20 team had to wait till Wednesday to open their campaign with a showdown against Nigeria, who were held to a 1-1 draw by Ivory Coast on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Group B is made up of three teams with the top two sides progressing to the semis, where they stand a chance to pick one of the tickets for the Africa Youth Championship in Mauritania next year.<\/p>\n<p>Zito and his team watched Nigeria&#8217;s game against Ivory, and he insists they will map a strategy for the Super Falcons.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNigeria and Cote D\u2019Ivoire are not countries that we will look down upon,\u201d Coach Karim Zito told footballmadeinghana.com. \u201cWe are going to watch them play, myself and all the players we will sit in one place and after the match, we\u2019ll come together to discuss what we saw, what we feel we should do,\u201d\u00a0he continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt the end of the day we will watch their weaknesses, and their strategy and where they start their buildup from\u2026both teams [Nigeria and Cote D\u2019Ivoire]. I will divide the team into two, some will watch Nigeria and the other will watch Cote D\u2019Ivoire and I will watch both. And then we will put our heads together and strategize for our match against Nigeria,\u201d\u00a0he concluded.<br \/>\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7515973527815049\" data-ad-slot=\"5197133662\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ghana U-20 coach Karim Zito ready for WAFU Championship opener against Nigeria Black Satellites coach Karim Zito has reiterated his team&#8217;s readiness for the WAFU U-20 Championship opener against Nigeria on Wednesday.\u00a0 The Ghana U-20 team had to wait till Wednesday to open their campaign with a showdown against Nigeria, who were held to a<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":27775,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,8417],"tags":[9667,12113,256,16580],"class_list":{"0":"post-27772","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-african-football","8":"category-featured","9":"tag-ghana-black-satellites","10":"tag-ghana-u20","11":"tag-nigeria","12":"tag-wafu-u20"},"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saharafootball.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/blcku.jpeg?fit=768%2C576&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8jzHl-7dW","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":32348,"url":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/karim-zito-fails-to-show-up-for-press-conference-after-black-satellites-crash-out-of-wafu-u20-championship\/","url_meta":{"origin":27772,"position":0},"title":"Karim Zito fails to show up for press conference after Black Satellites crash out of WAFU U20 Championship","author":"Clinton Eleto","date":"May 15, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Ghana Black Satellites coach Karim Zito opted not to show up for the post-match press conference after the Blac Satellites failed to progress to the next stage of the competition following their 2-1 defeat against Burkina Faso. 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