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Coach Mas-Ud Dramani has revealed Ghana�s target at the U-17 Women�s World Cup was to reach the quarter finals. The Black Maidens exceeded expectations by going all the way to win bronze in the tournament hosted in Azerbaijan. Despite a stuttering start to their campaign with an opening group loss to Germany, Ghana went ahead to win three successive games to achieve an historic semi final berth. The Black Maidens� fairy tale story however ended against France with a 2-0 defeat but Ghana recovered again to avenge their opening loss to Germany in the third-place playoff to win bronze. The team was accorded an overwhelming reception upon their return to Ghana on Monday night where coach Dramani made the startling revelation. �In football you have to set realistic targets and our target was to get to the quarter finals,� he said. �But once we got that far we wanted to go much further. �Unfortunately we had a bad card which changes our tactical discipline because we needed to chase the game. �We were mentally very strong and very determined to win something in the game against Germany and thankfully we were able to achieve this.� The team is expected to form the nucleus of the U-20 side, the Black Princesses � though some will gain promotion to the senior team.