Black Princesses head coach Yusif Basigi has stated that the postponement of the FIFA U-20 Women’s qualifiers by CAF will give his team enough time to prepare for the game.

The National U20 women’s team were set to face Guinea Bissau in September but CAF released a statement to postpone the games to another time.

In an interview with GFA communication team, Yusif Basigi said the long break due to the COVID-19 has affected the players as most of them have gained weight.

We started training on Monday with individual training, just as we are doing right now and response to training is not too bad”, he told Ghanafa.org.

“We started on a lower pace so we will be climbing slowly. I think the postponement has been a blessing in disguise for us and because of that, we will not rush the team into physical conditioning.

“We will be doing that till the end of this week before we go into individual ball game. The players will be doing strength and power as well, so that they can rest the next day because we are going to work on the lower and upper extremities and as a result of that, they need about 24 hours rest before we do recovery.

“The long stay in the house has affected the players and that’s why we are taking our time to reduce their weight but it should be at a slower pace”. He added.