There are convincing reasons why the Black Starlets must defeat Colombia on Sunday to stay in the competition.

The first reason is that Koreans revered the Starlets a lot
due to their past performance in juvenile soccer. They are
respected in Korea now because of their impressive
performance in their first two matches, though losing
2-3 to Germany.

Again, before the commencement of the tournament
in Korea a FIFA newsletter in South Korea has described
the Starlets as one of the contenders at the world
cup.

The "FIFA U-17 World Cup, Korea 2007"
Said, "Ghana may have missed out on gold at the CAF
African U-17 championship in Togo, but they should
still be among the main contenders at the FIFA world
cup.

The West Africans have an enviable record at this
level: the Black Starlets have qualified for this
tournament eight times and won it twice, in 1991 and
1995.

Ghana have also impressed closer to home,
winning the African U-17 championships twice and
rivalling Nigeria as their continent's best young
side".

Another African country that the newsletter tipped as
contenders are Ghana's arch rivals, Nigeria, who have
already impressed fans by recording three straight
wins to top group D.

Already, head coach Sellas Tetteh and some of the
players had given Ghanaians much assurance that
nothing would prevent them from winning against
Columbia on Sunday.

Wherever blacks went some Koreans point to
them and saying, "Ghana good", "Ghana good" and the boys
surely needed to win on Sunday to justify the confidence
and respect people in Korea have for them.

Source: GNA