Graphic Sports

The paper carries on its centre page “Rocky road to victory.” The accompanying story says the poor

performance of the Black Satellites against Mali and the dismissal of Coach Osam Duodu during the run-up to the XIth Africa Under-20 soccer tournament, were some of the stumbles that marked the Satellites’ rocky road to victory in the tournament.

It says Ghana’s initial hope was only to be among the five qualifiers for the World Under 20 tournament in Nigeria, and not winning the prize at stake.

The paper added that so steep was the graph of progress by the Satellites that by last Sunday’s final, the confidence and spirit by Ghanaian had hit a peak reflecting in the huge crowd that poured in to watch finals.

The paper said the VIP lounge of the stadium enjoyed a rare patronage including Ghana’s President J.J. Rawlings, First Lady, Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings, FIFA President Sepp Blatter and CAF President Issa Hayatou, were among dignitaries present there.