Ghana U20 to camp in Novara, Italy for African Youth Championship

Posted On Tuesday, 12th February 2013

Ghana's U20 team will train in Italy before the 2013 African Youth Championship finals

Ghana’s U20 will leave for a two-week pre-African Youth Championship training tour of Italy on 27 February.

The Black Satellites will be based in Novarello Villagio, Novara where they will trim the rough edges for the tournament in Algeria next month.

Head coach Sellas Tetteh will have the opportunity of testing his team’s battle readiness against the youth teams of Inter Milan, Novara and AC Milan.

Ghana will fly from their camping base to Algeria for the African Championship which begins on 16 March.

The 2009 World Champions must must progress from Group A comprising hosts Algeria, Egypt and Benin to qualify to the 2013 FIFA U20 World Cup in Turkey this June.

The Black Satellites failed to defend the African title they won in 2009 at the last championship in South Africa two years ago where they suffered a first round elimination.

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Nasara says:

February 13, 2013 at 11:26 am

Plse may i know the squad for u20

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Nasara says:

February 13, 2013 at 11:29 am

Plse may i know the squad for u20 n wen the tournament will start

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