Danlad Ibrahum, goalkeeper of the National U-17 football team, the Black Starlets, has apologized the goalkeeping error that handed Mali a 2-1 defeat over Ghana in the quarter-finals of the Federation of International Football Association (FIFA) in India.
A case of misjudgment on the part of the goalkeeper gifted the Malians their second goal after Hadji Drame had put them ahead in the 15th minute in the first quarterfinal matches currently going on at the Federation of International Football Association (FIFA).
In an interview with the young goalkeeper at the team’s hotel in Guwahati, he said, “sometimes when playing in the rains, the gloves get so wet and slippery.
“I made my mind to push the ball out because I didn’t want to take the chance of trying to grab it. There was not so much power behind the ball and I didn’t get the movement of the ball well.
“It pains me a lot that the team couldn’t go beyond this stage. We had plans of taking the name of Ghana high in this competition but it didn’t work out,” he said.
According to Danlad Ghana lost to a better side and wished the Malians go far and raise the flag of Africa high.
Source: GNA
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What shows that Danlad is more than 14? The MRI scan does not scan face. It scans vital parts of the body. Ibrahim Danlad had the face of an adult, but he is a kid. If Justin Bieber was playing for Canada in this tournament, who will question his age? It all comes down to facial differences. If your face looks old, it does not mean you are old. The Malians were in control because they are old. If you have played on a clogged pitch for years, you know how to balance things and stay on track. And unlike an old face, the mindset of a child is not like that of an adult. The second goal of the game was not an U17 goal. How many Black Stars players can score that goal? How many senior Malian players can score that? It demands more than talent to keep your composure, feel unthreatened and slot such an accurate ball into the net. No under 17 player can do that.
kai!!!!!!! who is 14 years?
I agree with you on some points you raised but please you are wrong on these part. 1. It was not only the starlets that were playing on that pitch so that is not much an excuse. 2. You need to complain of the age of danlard if you are complaining of the Malians. We all cheat but we met our best opponents and they beat us.
What mistake did he make? He made no mistake. First of all, the pitch was bad. Second of all, the Ghanaian defenders were not defending well. Third of all, the Ghanaian technical team failed to train the players well. In a serious match like this, they should have used man to man marking, not zonal marking. Every Malian in the Ghanaian half should have been duly marked before entering our half. We should have defended more. If we had defended and gone down by a lone goal for 85 minutes, we could have equalized in the dying minutes. Ghana's defensive play has been destroyed since the resignation of John Mensah. Fourth of all, the Malians are old. The Malian who scored the second goal is no less than 25 years olds. A 17 year old boy cannot muster that courage to calmly take such a shot. He must be about 25 years. So Ibrahim Danlad should not blame himself for anything. He did his best. At age 14, he has a bright future ahead!