Black Meteors Management Committee Chairman Frederick Acheampong has disclosed that Ghana will not receive any financial benefit in the two international friendlies against Japan and South Korea.
The national U-23 side will engage two Asian countries Japan and South Korea in the international friendlies as part of preparations towards the 2023 African Games.
The Black Meteors team played the first friendly against Japan which they lost 10-0 on aggregate after the two legs.
The team has come under serious backlash after that humiliating defeat against the host of the 2020 Olympic Games.
According to Frederick Acheampong, the motive behind the friendly is to build a team capable of winning a medal at the 2023 African Games and future Olympic tournaments.
The GFA Executive Committee member said despite the embarrassing defeat suffered by the team, the friendly games come at no cost to the Ghana Football Association.
“We are not getting any money from this friendly. They are paying for all our expenses and the cost around the match. The players too are getting the exposure and experience. It’s not all the friendly matches that we get money”, he told Happy FM.
Acheampong admitted that the Black Meteors lost to a better side.
“To be honest the performance today was an improvement than last Saturday’s. The bottom line is that the Japanese team is better than ours. We lost to a better side with a lot of quality. They had prepared very well because of the Olympics Games. They started building the team in 2018 and it’s the same team till now. They play very good football; we have to be honest. If you compare it to our side, we had a short time to prepare”.
The Black Meteors will play another two friendly games against South Korea.