All that mattered was achieved at Sheroes Cup – Coach Tosan Blankson

By Saheed Afolabi

The best women’s football preseason tournament in Africa, the Sheroes Cup was concluded recently and the title winning coach, Tosan Blankson feels relieved and excited for winning his first title in women’s football.

Coach Tosan Blankson, who had a great NWFL Premiership 2021/2022 season with Delta Queens as he took them to the NWFL Super 6 in his debut season, finished in the 3rd place position at the Betsy Obaseki Women Football Tournament, he has carved a niche for himself as one of the best coaches in women’s football.

Speaking exclusively to ECHONEWS after winning the Sheroes Cup 2022 edition, Coach Tosan Blankson said he’s very happy as this is the first trophy he’s winning in women’s football.

“This is a Pre-season tournament, I came to this competition to see how my team will play and to access them individually then evaluation comes in, Not winning the best coach award wasn’t a big deal. All that mattered was achieved.

“More than joyous, I’m so grateful to God, I want to thank my players, backroom staff and the management of Delta Queens, I want to thank everyone here for the support and everything.

“I’m short of words for now, the preparation was high, we really prepared for this preseason tournament because if you fail to prepare, you should prepare to fail, we prepare very high, we never knew, we were coming for this preseason but when the opportunity came, we grabbed it.

“It’s belief, I believe in God and God did it.

“The competition has given us an eye opener to know the players that will be on the starting line up and those that will be on the bench.”