Black Queens midfielder Azumah Bugre has expressed disappointment following the team's Olympic Games qualification failure.

Ghana suffered a defeat to Zambia in the final round of the 2024 Olympic Games qualifiers earlier this year.

Coach Nora Hauptle and her charges succumbed to a late defeat at the Levy Mwanawasa Stadium in Zambia after Barbara Banda struck late in the second leg of the match, denying Ghana an Olympic Games slot.

Five months since the defeat, Azumah Bugre says the memory still feels fresh in the minds of the players.

According to her, the team remains saddened by their exit, as they were determined to make their maiden appearance at the Olympics.

“Talking about Zambia’s game, we’ve been sad the whole time for a very long time now because it was one of our motives; that was to qualify for the Olympics. And we couldn’t get that done,” she said.

Although Princella Adubea was away from the team and couldn’t play against Zambia, she also shares the same sentiments.

“We planned together but unfortunately, we couldn’t make it. I wasn’t part of the team but I had trust in my teammates. Unfortunately, you can’t win it all in football; you win and lose sometimes and I believe that will propel us to build ourselves for the future and be able to get one over Zambia if we meet them again,” she said.

However, the team will be preparing for the Women's Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON), another competition which has eluded the team for years.