Ghana Black Stars To Be First African Team To Exit Qatar 2022 World Cup

Ghana Black Stars To Be First African Team To Exit Qatar 2022 World Cup

Alfred Kadiri

Ghana Black Stars could become the first African team to exit the ongoing 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar if they lose on Monday, BSNSports.com.ng reports.

The West Africans who are the only African team yet to record a point, face their Asian foe South Korea at the Education Stadium, made a disappointing start and poor refereeing ensured that they lost all three points in their opener against Portugal last Thursday.

Otto Addo’s boys were brave but that was undone by American referee Ismail Elfath who awarded Portugal what was perceived to be a questionable penalty.

The penalty scored by Ronaldo aided Portugal to beat Ghana 3-2 at Stadium 974 in Doha.

The result has left Ghana bottom of Group H and in an extremely difficult position. The four-time African champions must avoid defeat at all cost in their second match.

A defeat against South Korea and their World Cup would be over. Ghana must beat the Asians to boost their chances of making it of the “Group of Death”.

Black Stars have been in a similar position at World Cup before and turned it around. In 2006, they lost their first game against Italy but won against the Czech Republic and the USA to advance the to knockout stages.

“We always come out of difficult situations. We need to stay calm, go home, relax and increase our performance. We need to try and score more and concede less," Ayew said after the Portugal game.

Ayew will be hoping to inspire Ghana to victory at the Education Stadium.