Ghana’s female national U-20 team, have returned home after Sunday’s FIFA Women’s U-20 World Cup qualifier win over Ethiopia in Addis Ababa.

The team touched down in Accra Monday afternoon and immediately moved to the Ghanaman Centre of Excellence at Prampram to continue preparation for the 2nd leg tie scheduled for Accra in a fortnight.

Coach Ben Fokuo believes his team will go into the return fixture with all the seriousness it deserves.

“We are going to continue with our preparations as usual. We won away by 3 goals but we won’t underrate our opponents. We will go all out in the return fixture in Ghana and hopefully get all the maximum points.” he said.

Ghana boosted their chances of clinching one of the tickets to the FIFA U20 Women’s World Cup, Costa Rica 2022 after they claimed a 3-0 win over Ethiopia in the first leg of the final round on Sunday.

A brace from Salamatu Abdulai and Cecilia Nyama’s strike in the first half was all the Black Princesses needed to silence the Ethiopians in front of the home fans at Abebe Bikila Stadium and took a giant step towards securing their qualification ticket.

The Princesses will focus on guaranteeing their qualification when they host the Ethiopians, which will be eyeing a comeback during the reverse fixture in Cape Coast in two weeks.

The FIFA U-20 women’s World Cup is slated for Costa Rica in August 2022.

Ghana have made a successive appearance at the last five U20 editions, although failed to make it past the first round – a poor run they will aim to end in Costa Rica later this year if they eventually make it past Ethiopia.