The best memory of Ghanaian national throughout its short World Cup history, the quarterfinals in South Africa 2010, is accompanied by one of his hardest shots, the penalty which Asamoah Gian crashed into the crossbar in the 120th minute of the match against Uruguay.
It was also a historic feat. Only the third African team to reach that level in a World Cup, after Cameroon in the 90th minute and Senegal in 2002, but with the thorn in their side of not being the first to qualify for the semi-finals and play all seven matches.
By a whim of fate, the drawing of Qatar 2022 he placed them in group H right next to Celeste, who they will face on the last date of 2 December. Previously, Portugal (24/11) and South Korea (11/28) will be their obstacles to reach the last day with possibilities.
that team of Milovan Rajevac He showed an entire country that he could dream big and raised the bar for a team without a history of glory in big events. The present doesn’t invite much enthusiasm and the goal is to go to the round of 16. From there, dodging Brazil will be key to continuing to move forward. And, why not, repeat what happened twelve years ago.
The coach: Otto Addo makes a dream come true
The removal of the African Cup 2021, with just one point in the group stage shared with Morocco, Gabon and Comoros, ended the cycle of Milovan Rajevacthe Serbian DT who wrote history in South Africa, but who had to go out the back door in this second cycle.
His replacement, Otto Addo, Born in Germany, he spent his entire football career in the Bundesliga and his most recent coaching experience was also in German football. However, the call of Ghana, the country of origin of his family, seduced him. He had already worked in the recruitment of young promises between 2013 and 2015.
He took over as interim manager, but was later confirmed in his position and gave him the confidence to go through qualifying. Before the upcoming World Cup, he managed just nine games, a number that only the coaches of Tunisia (8) and Morocco (2) lower, but he has taken charge of a complex moment for his national team.
“I have obtained permission from Dortmund and, under certain conditions, I will be able to lead the team for the FIFA dates in June, September and also for the World Cup,” he commented at the time. Their coaching staff is completed by English nationalized Irishman Chris Hughton and his compatriots George Boateng and Mas-Ud Didi Dramani.
Addo prioritized Ghana over Germany, just as he did in his playing days. He represented his roots at Germany 2006, making it to two group stage matches, and He is one of ten Qatar 2022 DTs who were already World Cup players as footballers.
André Ayew, a setting star
Comparing footballers’ children to their parents is usually a tough backpack to carry, but that’s not the case here Andre Ayew. Son of Abedi Pele, Winner of the 1982 Africa Cup of Nations and three-time winner of the African Ballon d’Or, Ayew stood out from a young age by representing his country.
Figure of the Under 20 World Champion Team in 2009, He also won the African Youth Championship that year and is the footballer with the most games played for his national team and only one of two, along with Asamoah Gyan, who have over 100 caps.
He was born in France and, like his father in the late 1980s and early 1990s, played for eight years in the championship 1, get to lift three titles with the Marseille Olympic. He also played four seasons in England, with an outstanding performance in West Ham. Today he is active in al-Sadd from Qatar.
Captain and point of reference, he is usually the subject of criticism. More recently, the team’s poor performance in African Cup, which resulted in him having to testify before Ghanaian MPs to explain the poor performance.
Qatar 2022 will be his third World Cup, after South Africa 2010 and Brazil 2014; it is prepared as if it were the last. At 32, the 2026 World Cup is far away.
The World Cup is another story.
The hard removal of the African Cup, especially for failing to beat two weak teams like Comoros and Gabon, it set off the alarms of the Ghanaian national ahead of the World Cup qualifiers.
They fell in Group G to South Africa, Ethiopia and Zimbabwe and logic involved a one-on-one duel against the South African team for the only available play-off ticket. So it was. They reached on the last day three points below the Bafana Bafana and it was their turn to face them. They were forced to win and they did it with the bare minimum. The target. the goal? André Ayew, the emblem who took responsibility for kicking a heavy penalty.
Absent his figure due to disqualification, in the playoffs against Nigeria was Thomas Partey who donned his hero’s uniform and led Ghana to the World Cup, thanks to a mid-range shot with the complicity of goalkeeper Francis Uzoho. It was 0-0 at home and 1-1 away, claiming the away goal to qualify.
Thus, in the middle of a path full of blows, the African team arrives in Qatar. What happened, happened, and the World Cup is another story. They return to a World Cup after an absence in Russia and will want to remind them of South Africa. This will be the first goal.
A complex debut against the powerful Cristiano Ronaldo’s Portugal which also has figures like Bruno Fernando Y Bernard Silvaappear with great possibilities to give the blow against a Uruguayan selection always difficult, but which has also ranked with suffering and is not one of the happiest days.
Source: Clarin
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