Ghana, the last single seedling of African teams in this South Africa World Cup, carries the ardent hopes of African fans, which is motivation and pressure for them.

Even in Africa and even the world, Ghanaian stars have occupied a place. In addition to the current players such as Essin, Montari and Apia, who are currently active in football, there are many famous players in Ghana's history. In the 1990s, Abedi Baili and Yeboya entered the top 10 footballers in the fifa world. Entering the new century, Kufour and Essin have both won the annual nomination of the Golden Ball Award in France. Abedi

Pele was also selected as the 100 most still-alive stars in the world selected by Brazilian king Pele in 2004. In 1999, Abedi Baili and Yeboya were also selected as the iffhs list of the greatest stars in the African century. On January 13, 2007, Abedi Baili, Essin, Yeboya, Razak and Kufour were all selected, accounting for the 30-man roster.

6.

There are two stages of group matches in the African region of this World Cup qualifier, both of which are four teams in double rounds. In the first stage of the group match, Ghana achieved a record of 4 wins and 2 losses. In the first two games, he won Via 3-0 at home and Lesotho 3-2 away, and then lost to Gabon at home. Although he lost to Libya 0-1 away in the fifth round, he returned to home and defeated Lesotho 3-0 and successfully advanced. In the second stage of the group round match, Ghana was invincible, defeating Benin 1-0 at home, and defeating Mali and Sultan two 2-0 away games. Then he gave Sudan one 2-0 at home, scoring 7 goals and conceding 0 goals, and was the first to qualify from the African region.

In the first four qualifiers in the second stage, the performance was almost perfect. Ghana fully proved his outstanding strength in the African region. This is inseparable from Ghana's efforts to vigorously strengthen the training of young players over the years. In recent years, Ghana has repeatedly won gold and silver in youth competitions, fully demonstrating their reserve strength training. Now this Ghana team has midfield superstars like Essin and Montali, and almost all other players play in the European League. The overall strength advantage allows them to easily defeat opponents like Benin, Mali and Sultan in the second stage. The defense that the team is good at is also fully demonstrated in the four consecutive victories.

After qualifying, although captain Apia called on the team to win a full victory to end the battle, Ghana still lost to Benin in the last two qualifiers and drew with Mali. This is understandable. After all, after the team qualifies, the goal has been completed, and the players will relax on the court no matter what. However, what happened later shows that Ghana has not been able to get rid of the chronic disease of the African team and has absent from the friendly match against Angola. The three players, Essin, Montali and Gian, were criticized by head coach Layevac. Today, when football games are becoming more and more rigorous, a team with insufficient tactical discipline will not do anything great. This is also a problem that Layevac must solve.

In the entire qualifiers, Ghana won 8 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses in 12 games, scored 20 goals and conceded 8 goals, and his prospect of qualifying was never challenged. Forward Amoa became the top scorer of the Ghana qualifiers with 5 goals. The 29-year-old striker of the Eredivisie midfielder Breda played for Dortmund from 2005 to 2007, but he had few opportunities in the Bundesliga, and his goal rate was close to 50% after transferring to the Eredivisie. 31-year-old goalkeeper Kinson, who played for Wigan, is the team's longest playing time in this qualifier, and has participated in all 12 games. The football prodigal has been in Turkey for the past 13 years, Sweden and England, and has changed six clubs in Turkey alone.

In 2006, Garner, who entered the World Cup for the first time for the first time, unexpectedly qualified from the group, reached the top 16, and finally ranked 13th. The head coach at that time was the later head coach of the Chinese Olympic team, Dujkovic. The Garner team at that time was also the youngest team in the World Cup, with an average age of only 23 years and 352 days. From this point of view, it is inevitable that Garner can enter the World Cup again four years later.

In the South African World Cup, after the brothers were not strong, Ghana held up the banner of maintaining African football. In the first group match, they defeated Serbia 1-0. Although they relied on a penalty kick, if they had not had their own efforts, how could they win the penalty kick? In the second game, facing the strong team Australia, the two sides drew 1-1 after a bloody battle. It was still Ji'an, the most threatening attack in the whole game by Ghana.

Point, he is not tall, and with his outstanding physical fitness, he played a good role as a single forward. His flexible running creates a gap for his teammates and is also a weapon for Ghana's offense. After scoring a penalty in one game, he created the first unpopular key. He once again stood in front of 12 yards in this round, scored a calm penalty and scored the second goal in his personal cup. These two penalty kicks also helped Ghana score 4 points and lead Group D.

In the third group match, although they lost to Germany 0:1, they successfully entered the knockout stage through their own efforts. In the knockout match, facing the strong American team, Ji'an scored 2:1 in overtime, and met Uruguay in 1.

4 finals.

Uruguay and Ghana have never met in the history of the World Cup. Ghana is the only team in the African team to reach the quarterfinals, and they have tied the record of the quarterfinals set by Senegal. In terms of lineup, Ghana's Jonathan and Ayu's yellow cards have been suspended, and midfielder Montali started for the first time. Uruguay's Godin was absent due to injury, and Victorino replaced him and continued to maintain the main lineup led by the "Tredent" in the frontcourt. The referee of the law enforcement game was Ben Crenza from Portugal. The South African World Cup has gradually come to an end, and there is an African team in this game, so 95% of the positions in the stands are all full.

The winner of this game will become the opponent of the Denmark's next game. Therefore, Olsen led all the players to sit in the stands of the Football City Stadium and enjoy it quietly. Because of the arrival of Qin Tian and others, the stands became very lively for a while, and it was quite a bit overwhelming until the game began.

Before the game, there was an episode where the captains of the two teams Lugano and Mensa read out the oath in public to oppose any discrimination on the football field. The members of the two teams played a banner on FIFA's Day of Discrimination. In a solemn atmosphere, the game officially began.

Uruguay from America was obviously better than the strength, and they took the lead as soon as the whistle sounded. In the third minute, Fulan dribbled the ball and passed the ball in the midfield. Fernandez almost threw the cross from the right, which was a bit like a misstep. If Garner goalkeeper hadn't been focused, the city gate might have been lost at this moment.

The reason was unforgivable. In the 5th minute, Fulan took a corner kick from the left and directly turned to the front post, which shocked the African fans in the stands to let out a cold sweat. Fulan, one of Uruguay's front tridents, was indeed well-deserved. While watching, Olsen also whispered to Michel beside him.

The sight returned to the field. Five minutes later, Suarez's shot at a small angle from the left side of the penalty area was confiscated by Kinson, but the ball was not taken far away and was intercepted by Uruguay players. In desperation, the Ghana player fouled and Uruguay got a long-distance free kick opportunity in the frontcourt. It was still Folan, who directly chose to shoot, and was resolved by goalkeeper Kinson again.

In the 17th minute, Fulan took a corner kick from the left, and the ball hit Mensa's body and flew towards the goal, and Kinson blocked the ball. During the period after the game, Fulan became the most eye-catching player in the two teams, defense, offense, sports war, and set-pieces. It seems that he is indispensable in every offensive method. His active performance also attracted the focus of Danish players, especially players on the back line. After all, if Uruguay advances, they will be face-to-face opponents.

In the 20th minute, Uruguay's Fucilei violated Asamoa and received the first yellow card of the game. It's nothing. Unfortunately, if Uruguay advances, Fucilei will be missing the next game. Seeing Fucilei smiled bitterly and shook her head, I believe that his heart was full of regret at this moment.

Four minutes later, Uruguay launched an offensive craze. First, Fernandez made the ball, and Fulan grabbed the ball in front of the penalty area and shot above the crossbar. Remembering that Suarez's powerful shot with his right foot 15 meters in front of the goal was blocked by Kinson again. Fulan, who followed, made a follow-up shot, continued to deviate from the goal post. Fulan, who had repeatedly missed opportunities, also rubbed his hair hard.

After being pressed for nearly half an hour, Ghana finally woke up from a dream. In the 29th minute, Montari took a corner kick from the right, Volsa jumped high and headed the ball strongly. The ball missed the left post. Then Boateng broke the cross-bow and passed the penalty area on the right. Ji'an, who had been active, pushed the ball with his right foot and almost broke the deadlock on the field. African fans in the stands shouted regretfully.

The first goal came in the stoppage time of the first half. It was not Uruguay who opened the door first, but the Ghanaian who had been depressed. In the second minute of stoppage time, Montali used the African player's signature shooting method and a long shot from 35 meters away, and scored the right foot of the Uruguay goal, 1:0.

At this moment, the African fans on the stadium immediately became like a festival. Uwuzula's voice resounded wildly over the stadium. Such a crazy noise made the Danish players who had received temporary special training unable to help but cover their ears. Qin Tian suddenly thought that he didn't know if Chairman Blat, who was sitting in the VIP seat at this moment, still insisted that this was the characteristic of the African people. It was probably more like swollen faces and fat people.

After the halftime break, the Uruguay head coach immediately made a substitution adjustment. Lodero replaced Fernandez. I don’t know if Fernandez was injured or if he played in the first half made the head coach very dissatisfied, but it was obvious that Fernandez, who was sitting on the bench, had a bad face, saying that no strangers were approaching.

Finally, the 54th minute of the game was in progress, and the Uruguayan equalized the score, and it was still Folan who scored the goal. Teammate Fucile was knocked down by the opponent's Pantshire on the left side of the penalty area. While the latter was warned by a yellow card, Uruguay received a valuable free kick opportunity. The free kick shot from Folan suddenly drew an arc in front of the goal. Kinson made an obvious mistake in judgment on the line of the ball. The ball flew in the center of the goal net, 1:1.

"Thomas, can you defend this free kick?" Olson suddenly turned his head and asked goalkeeper Sorenson who was sitting not far away.

Sorensen pondered for a while, "If there is no problem with the position, it should be fine. But on the court, it is difficult to ensure that you are always clear in that atmosphere. Frankly speaking, Fulan's shot is very deceptive and master-level."

Olson nodded and added another circle to Fulan's name on the small notebook.

In the subsequent game, the players of both sides fought more actively, and the ball rights exchanged frequently, but the only regret was that the scene was not good. It seemed that the two teams were in a close-knit hand-to-hand battle. One player each received a yellow card again. Until the end of the 90 minutes of the game, the score remained at 1:1.

Overtime, 1

In the second overtime game of the 4-finals, it can be seen that after entering the knockout stage, the intensity of the game, the team's defensive intensity, and the players' fighting will have increased by several levels.

The overtime between the two teams still became a tug-of-war. Just as Olsen was about to call the players to leave, the situation on the field suddenly changed. Uruguayan player Suarez made a fatal mistake in the penalty area and blocked the shot of Ghana's young player Adiaye with his hand on the goal line. Not only did he get a red card, he also contributed a penalty to the opponent's team.

Gian stood at the penalty spot with all the Ghanaians' eager hope, "Haha, I didn't expect that the rounds of the rounds are going to turn around. It seems that our opponent in the next game is the Ghanaian." Bentner shouted.

"Not necessarily, I think the Uruguayans have greater hope of advancing," Qin Tian said lightly, "Jian is under great pressure."

Sure enough, Ji'an, a player who scored two penalty kicks in the previous few games and made great achievements in the team, hit the penalty kick on the crossbar. Uruguay escaped and both sides officially entered the penalty shootout. The one who finally laughed the last time was indeed the Uruguayan. Bentner looked at Qin Tian suspiciously, "Can you be the legendary 'charlatan'?"

Qin Tian glared at him angrily. He knew that this big man who suddenly fell in love with zg culture was studying something. This was just a small episode. What is really confirmed is that the opponent in the next semi-finals is the Uruguayan, an opponent that must not be underestimated.
Chapter completed!