Laryea Kingston, the head coach of the Black Starlets, has highlighted that the team’s primary goal is to make it to the 2025 U-17 AFCON after missing the previous two.

At the University of Ghana Stadium on Tuesday, the Black Starlets defeated Benin in their last group match of the ongoing WAFU Zone B Under-17 Championship.

The Starlets’ lead was doubled by Theophilus Ayamga with a spectacular finish after a 27-pass sequence that saw Mark Mensah Kagawa open the score.

With a 2-0 lead going into the half, the Black Starlets appeared capable of scoring more goals in the second half.

Ghana had multiple opportunities to score after the break, but was unable to do so, leaving supporters wanting more.

The Black Starlets attacked with vigor right up until the final whistle as Benin tried to close the gap.

During the post-match press conference, the former Black Stars player stated that he would be extremely happy if the team qualified for the 2025 AFCON.

”Since 2017 Ghanaians have not seen our good team that previously we enjoyed most from 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001 that we lost this team.”

So if we are able to qualify this team I think it’s amazing, for me I would be much much happy than anything else in the world.

Because I know Ghanaians are craving for this I know Ghanaians have worked so hard, they put a lot of things in place for us to get there but it’s been very difficult because other countries are also developing but I think we are in the right direction, we can give it a day at a time, now we are in the semis, any team that they put in front of us, myself and my technical team will sit down and have a game against them I believe it’s on Saturday, we will be ready to face any opponent that comes to us” the gaffer said.