England v Ghana: international women’s football friendly – live

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The Ghana head coach, Kim Björkegren, has called for bravery and belief for today’s game against the European champions.

Björkegren said he watched England’s rout against China and felt his side could learn from the visitors’ errors.

I can’t blame them too much. But I think in how they attacked the game, they made some mistakes. They were too afraid. And if you are afraid to play against England, then you’re going to be destroyed, exactly what happened.

We need to attack the game differently. We believe in ourselves. We know we have strong players who are ready to tackle, to work hard, to take every duel. I hope we can stay in the game as long as possible. Our gameplan is to win. Whether that’s realistic or not, I don’t know, and I don’t care.

We can respect the opponent, but at the same time we need to be ourselves. We are the Black Queens, and we need to do our things.

We enjoy the football that we play. And we know that when we play our football, we can be a force against any team, any country we come up against. Continue reading...