Konadu focused after Libya draw
Coach Maxwell Konadu has insisted he and his players will not dwell on last Friday's 1-1 draw with Libya at the CHAN, a result that pushes qualification to the second round to the wire.
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Ghana threw away a one-goal lead after Yahaha Mohammed put them in front in the sixth minute before Libya rallied back to draw level from a penalty in the second half in Bloemfontein.
The result, coupled with Congo's 1-0 win against Ethiopia in the other Group C game, has thrown the race of advancing to the next stage wide open.
But there were no worries for Konadu, who said his team would not let the draw get them down as he focused on the next game.
"We will not blame any referee[for the award of a contentious penalty]. We came here to play football and we respect their decisions, so we will leave people to discuss the incidents. We are concentrating on our next match, which is more important," Konadu told www.ghanafa.org after the match last Friday.
Rather than moan over the missed opportunity to collect all the maximum points, Konadu is counting the positives from the game.
"I think we played one of the best games. Today we played better than our first game and that is a very positive thing. We have to draw inspiration from that and work harder for the next game," said the Ghana coach, with an eye on the next fixture against Ethiopia, who are out of contention for a place in the next round.
"I'm happy we are lifting our game match after match. We just have to keep our calm and make sure that we play even better in the next game."
Ghana and Libya are joint-top as they are level on four points apiece going into the final game. Congo remain third and a point behind the top two sides.