Kingston’s aspect put up a medical efficiency that noticed them run out as 5-1 winners towards their hapless neighbours.
A double from Jacob Narbi within the first half was added to second-half strikes from Godfred Srapong, Harve Gbafa and Mark Mensah as Ghana made a dream begin to the event.
Despite placing 5 targets previous their opponents, the Black Starlets have been typically sloppy and gave away some huge possibilities to the Ivorians, who did not convert.
Addressing journalists at a post-match press convention, Kingston criticised his crew for failing to manage the sport.
The former Black Stars winger mentioned he was not impressed with the best way the crew performed regardless of recording an emphatic victory of their opening recreation.
“Throughout the preparation for this tournament, we’ve dominated play. In our last tournament, we lost against Russia, first 15 minutes we were down by 3-0 but we dominated the game. Against Serbia and a friendly against Niger, we dominated play as well,” Kingston mentioned.
“This is the primary time a few of my gamers are enjoying on dwelling soil and I felt they have been a bit of jittery. We need to handle play and do our greatest. Sometimes we attempt to play one, two, three passes however for me, as a technical individual, I’m not happy with the best way we performed.
“We did not dominate play today, we just got the results and in the upcoming game you will see our style,” he added.
Meanwhile, the Black Starlets will play their subsequent recreation towards Benin on Tuesday.