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Ghana head coach Sellas Tetteh wants to up the fitness and confidence levels of the untested or bit part players in his squad for the closing stages of the Fifa World Youth Championship. Before the team left for Cairo on Saturday, apart from timers in the nervy 3-2 win over South Korea in Suez were busy at the beach side at the Stella Di Mare Hotel and continued with gym work on Sunday morning at the team's hotel in Cairo. Tetteh is yet to give playing time to three players including the two reserve goalkeepers and central defender Philip Boampong. Boampong paired with Daniel Addo at the back in Ghana's opener against Cameroon at the African Youth Championship but it is feared he lacks the required match fitness. Ghana will miss centre-back Jonathan Mensah on Tuesay due to yellow card accumulation and it is likely Bright Addae will be handed a start. "I think coming on in the 86th minute against South Korea has given me confidence and I can't disappoint my coach," the Wa All Stars player told Ghanasoccernet.com Seven other players must avoid a second yellow card to play in either the final or third-placed match.