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Soccer News of Monday, 25 January 2010

Source: FIFA

Le Roy: Ghana will only improve

As a young Ghana team still deal with the high of defeating hosts Angola in the quarter-finals of the CAF Africa Cup of Nations, their former mentor Claude Le Roy warned opponents that this Black Stars team is only getting up to speed.

Speaking after the hard-fought 1-0 triumph in Luanda Sunday, Le Roy said the four-time continental champions are starting to come together after a horrendous run of injury luck.

“I watched them play their first game in this tournament, and I had some reservations, but after three games, they look better. They are now keeping more possession. They are a young side, but what I like is that they fight very hard. But they are playing good football, you can see this in their organisation,” Le Roy told FIFA.com.

Ghana lost their opening match in Angola 3-1 to Côte d'Ivoire before rebounding to defeat Burkina Faso 1-0. With only months left before the FIFA World Cup™ in South Africa, Le Roy said he expects Ghana to pull a few surprises, althou