Ghana: The Ultimate 2022 FIFA World Cup Review #5
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Group F - Canada | Croatia | Morocco | Belgium
Country: Ghana
Nickname: The Black Stars
Last World Cup Appearance: 2014 (Group Stage)
Previous World Cup Appearances: 3 (2006, 2010, 2014)
World Rank: #60
Star Players: Thomas Partey, Mohammed Kudus
Ghana will be looking for the ultimate revenge after being drawn in the same group as Uruguay. Thomas Partey helped guide Ghana to a 1-1 away goal aggregate win against Nigeria in the African World Cup qualifiers to be one of only five African nations at the World Cup.
In my opinion it's the hardest confederation to qualify from with all the talent in Africa, and the increase to nine with the expansion of the World Cup to 48 teams in 2026 makes more sense.
Ghana's 2021 AFCON performance can't be forgotten as they crashed out in the group stages following a loss to Comoros of all nations. And gone are the days of Michael Essien, Sulley Muntari, Asamoah Gyan and Stephen Appiah at World Cups for Ghana.
World Cup Group: Group H - Portugal, Ghana, Uruguay, South Korea
Prediction: Ghana will be looking for the ultimate revenge after being drawn in the same group as Uruguay. It'll be an uphill battle for the Black Stars as they'll be the lowest ranked nation at the World Cup.
It'll be the weakest team the Ghanaians have ever had at a World Cup but Thomas Partey has been instrumental for Arsenal and the team does have some depth specifically in central defence with the likes of Alexander Djiku, Daniel Amartey and Joseph Aidoo. Jordan Ayew provides experience upfront for Ghana and Roma young run Felix Afena-Gyan could be one to watch.
It's hard seeing how Ghana will progress past the group stages but I think they'll do much better than a lot of people expect. There will be a lot of feeling in the game against Uruguay and I feel they could steal a point from the game. There's just a little too much talent among the other teams for Ghana to get out of this group.
Group Stage
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As much as I'd love to see my west African brothers go far in this tournament (and perhaps get a revenge against Uruguay), I still don't see how they'll progress.
They only qualified because they played against a Nigerian team filled with individuals jostling for the spotlight and unable to play with each other.
I hope the like of Inaki Williams will bring fresh air of progress to the team
Wow thanks for that bro I didn't know about Inaki! An absolute beast.
Unfortunately it's a far cry from the Ghanian teams of years gone by
You're welcome boss.
Ghana is a team at its worst. Even in the African continent they're very far from the bests
I am African but sadly I would want Argentina to win the World cup, I want Messi to win the trophy at all costs, he was so close in 2014 but Germany stood their ground and won it.
Oooo Messi is one person I'm happy not to see win. That's some of the German in me saying that. Plus it's CR7 over Messi for me