Hasaacas Ladies appeal for support for Champions League campaign

Ghana’s representatives at the maiden African Women’s Champions League, Hasaacas Ladies, have relaunched their appeal for support as they round off their preparations for the competition which starts in Cairo, Egypt, from November 5 to 20.

Hasaacas Ladies, the West African Football Union (WAFU) Zone B champions, have stepped up their preparations for the tournament being organised by the Confederation of African Football (CAF).

However, the team abandoned their plan to finalise their preparations in Rabat, Morocco, before going to Cairo due to financial constraints.

In an interview with the Daily Graphic, head coach Yusif Basigi explained that he had been compelled to change his plans to enable the team to travel directly to Cairo instead.

He explained that unlike other competitions where the organisers took care of the flight tickets, accommodation, feeding and internal transport of 21 players and eight officials of the participating teams, CAF was only providing for the lodging, feeding and internal transport of the teams.

“This means that management has to cater for the airfares of the team and that is costly. Since we have not been able to raise enough funds to travel to Rabat as planned before continuing to Cairo, that trip has been cancelled,” Coach Basigi explained.

Notwithstanding the setback, he remained confident that Hasaacas Ladies would be able to compete favourably in Cairo.

“It was our wish to be in Rabat but that did not happen so we have stepped up our training sessions and played some friendlies. That is better than nothing and I believe we have the quality to realize our dream in Cairo.

Hasaacas Ladies are expected to leave for Egypt on November 2 to acclimatize before the kickstart of their campaign on November 5 in Group A which also has Wadi Degla (Egypt), Malabo Kings (Equatorial Guinea) and AS Mande (Mali).

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