Black Queens forward Princella Adubea is thrilled to be back in the squad after a long injury layoff that kept her on the sidelines for ten months. The striker missed a couple of Women’s Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers and the Olympic Games qualifiers against Zambia.
The former Ampem Darkoa Ladies attacker who was recently named in the Black Queens squad for the International friendly against Japan has been training with the team in Accra ahead of the game.
Princella Adubea has been speaking with the Black Queens media team on a host of issues ranging from her return from injury and a diminished Olympic dream.
Read on for the transcript:
On not qualifying to the Olympic Games
I was sad we didn’t qualify to the Olympics because of the way we planned qualifying together but unfortunately we couldn’t make it. Even though I wasn’t part of the team, I trusted my girls to deliver but in football you can’t be 100 percent sure for winning. Sometimes you will lose, sometimes too you will win but I think we can build on the positives from now.
On return from a long injury layoff
First of all I will thank the Almighty God for how far He has brought me. It wasn’t easy, I think I was out of football for about months and it wasn’t easy for me. As a footballer you need to be tough in everything so I will say I am thankful to God for how far He has brought me, I am so excited to be back.
On the friendly against Japan
The Japanese side are a good side but we are going to play as a team together so we need to be compact and focused. We don’t really care about their World ranking as I know we can match them. We are going to play as a team and I know at the end of the day we are going to achieve what we deserve.
On recent support for the Black Queens
They are really doing a good job for us because at first people don’t even cheer female footballers but now they are all supporting us. We are always grateful, we hope they will continue to support and we will also do our best for them.
