Black Queens Coach, Nora Hauptle, has explained that the Women’s Premier League in Ghana teaches players to be creative, which is a big strength they don’t have to lose in the process of their development.

The Swiss Trainer was speaking to Japanese media on how the Ghana Women’s Premier League system works ahead of an international friendly against the world number seven ranked team.

Japan are using the fixture as an Olympic Games warm up match while the Black Queens are using it to test their level ahead of the 2024 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations scheduled for next year.

The game is set to kick off at 6:20 am Ghana time on Saturday, July 13, 2024, at the Kanazawa Stadium.

“Professionally, the Ghana league involves 20 teams. Ten play in the North and ten in the South, and in the end, they play a playoff against each other,” Hauptle said.

“You know in Ghana, it's not easy to travel because not all the streets are tarred, so that's why we made it the North and South, so that the teams have a little bit less travel.

“Basically, we screen through the licenses so that over 75% are under 20. It is a young league, so normally when the players get the chance, they will move abroad because they can earn more money abroad.

“We deduced from our journey of Mission Volta that over 120 players are playing in Europe and in the States. So we try to keep the balance a little bit to always keep some young players. We have Stella here who is 17 but also work mostly with the internationals.

“Also, when they move abroad for three or four years in Europe, they get a bit more understanding about the modern approach of football.

“Ghana teaches them, in terms of street football, creativity, which is also a big strength.

“We always should watch our strength, which we should not take away, because our players have something sometimes we lose a bit in cultures like Switzerland, Sweden, Japan, which are so organised with everything framed, so players don't need to be more resilient or overcome failures or difficulties.

“My players sometimes come out of difficult environments, and they need to survive a lot of obstacles to be where they are, and I think this creativity we should always keep it, but with my side, giving them a little structure, maybe, in defence.

“This mixture is making Ghana an interesting national team for the next four years. Potentially, we will reach our full level."