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World Cup 2010 Quarter Final (Friday 2nd July 2010, K.O. 19:30 BST)
Venue: Soccer City Stadium
Conditions: Dry and cloudy. Temp: 13c, Wind 2.6m/s

Uruguay: 1 (Forlan 55)
Ghana: 1 (Muntari 45+2)

TEAMS
Uruguay: Muslera, Lugano (C) (Scotti 38), Fucile, Victorino, Perez, M Perreira, Arevalo Rios, A Fernandez (Lodeiro 46), Cavani (Abreu 76), Suarez, Forlan.
Ghana: Kingson, Sarpei, Pantsil, Mensah (C), Annan, Inkoom (Appiah 74), Muntari (Adiyiah 88), Vorsah, K Asamoah, Prince, A Gyan.

Referee: Olegario Benquerenca (Portugal)

Uruguay broke Ghana’s hearts and ended African interest in the competition by coming from behind to draw level and eventually win the game on penalties after a tense period of extra time which climaxed in a missed penalty by Ghana’s top scorer Asamoah Gyan with the very last kick. Earlier, Sulley Muntari had opened the scoring on the stroke of half time with a long range strike and Diego Forlan had responded with a swerving free kick.

The first period of this match was a half of two halves, with Uruguay starting the more assuredly and dominating the opening twenty minutes. They won a series of free-kicks and corners which they pumped into the Ghana box but couldn’t find a breakthrough. Oscar Tabarez’ men poured forward in numbers and enjoyed most of the possession but just lacked the crucial moment of inspiration necessary to open up the Ghanaian defence.

Ghana must have been struck with stage fright early on due to the pressure of the weight of a continent’s expectations on their shoulders. Suddenly they seemed to awaken midway through the first half and, spurred on by the vuvuzelas, they worked their way into the game and began to push forwards purposefully. Uruguay suffered a blow when their captain, centre-back Diego Lugano, was forced off with an injury after 38 minutes to be replaced by Scotti and the change created uncertainty in the heart of the Uruguayan defence.

The Ghanaians took advantage of the situation to test out Muslera in the Uruguay goal with shots from Muntari, Gyan and a spectacular bicycle kick from Kevin Prince Boateng, who was at the centre of most of Ghana’s best moves. Two minutes of injury time were signalled at the end of the half and they were almost up when Sulley Muntari picked up the ball in the centre of the park. There didn’t seem to be any immediate danger but nobody closed him down and a short run forwards took him within shooting range. Sulley Muntari doesn’t need much of an invitation to unleash one of his trademark pile drivers towards goal and he did so here, striking a spectacular curling shot past the unsighted Muslerafrom all of 25 yards to send Ghana into the lead at the interval.

Tabarez responded immediately, replacing the ineffective Alvaro Fernandez with Nicolas Lodeiro of Ajax. The break allowed Uruguay to regroup andrecover from the shell shock of the goal in the safety of the dressing room. They were an improved team at the start of the second half and immediately went in search of an equaliser, which wasn’t long in coming. Uruguay won a free kick down their left flank near the corner of the Ghanaian box in the 55th minute and Diego Forlan struck it superbly over Kingson and into the net for his third goal of the tournament.

The match continued to be a very open affair, withregular chances at both ends of the field, albeit mainly from long range. Uruguay were perhaps enjoying slightly the better of it as the game wore on so Ghana coach Milovan Rajevac introduced the experience of Stephen Appiah to his midfield in the 74th minute in a bid to improve his side’s ball retention and help break up the increasingly frequent Uruguayan attacks. Tabarez responded  moments later with an attacking change, bringing on striker Abreu for Cavani to try and win the game within normal time as the clock ticked down andpeople’s thoughts began to turn towards the possibility of an extra 30 minutes. Ghana had endured extra time in their second round win against the USA and there were some tired legs out there come the final whistle against Uruguay. The game had become very stretched in the final few minutes, with few bodies left in midfield as it became a succession of mini skirmishes at either end, so it was a welcome break for bothteams to catch their breath and refindtheir shape when the second half came to an end with the game still deadlocked at 1-1.

There were plenty of chances for both teams in extra time, withUruguay again starting strongest but gradually losing their way as Ghana produced a late surge to very nearly win it at the death. Time had all but run out when Ghana won a contentious free kick down the right and played a high ball into the Uruguay box. Muslera came and missed it but Suarez cleared a goal-bound shot off the line and remained in place to block the rebound with his hand, for which he received a straight red card and Asamoah Gyan had the chance to win the game from the penalty spot with the final kick of the match. However, having previously scored twice from the spot this tournament, he crashed his spot kick against the bar and the game went to a penalty shoot out. Suarez’s decision to handle on the line proved inspired, effectively giving his team a second life in the game.

Forlan took the first penalty and calmly scored. Gyan bravely stepped up to take the first kick for Ghana and buried it in the top corner. Victorino, Appiah and Scotti all scored to make it 3-2 to Uruguay before Mensah was the first to miss, stroking a tame penalty straight to Muslera. However, Maxi Pereira also missed for Uruguay, blasting the ball well over, but Adiyiah couldn’t take advantage as his kick was also saved by Muslera, leaving it to Sebastian Abreu to coolly secure the win with a chip down the middle as Kingson dived to his right.

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Holland made it two out of two in their World Cup warm up fixtures with an impressive win against fellow finalists Ghana in Rotterdam. Dutch coach Bert van Marwijk fielded a strong team and they responded well, producing a result that gives substance to the claims of some that they could go a long way in South Africa.

Liverpool’s Dirk Kuyt opened the scoring in the 30th minute after some good defending by Ghana had made it tough for the home side to create clear cut chances. To their credit, the Ghanaians hung on until well into the second half in the face of a lot of attacking pressure from the Dutch. Ghana coach Milovan Rajevac made several changes at the interval but it didn’t upset the rhythm of the game and it was only in the last 17 minutes that the floodgates opened and Holland racked up another three goals. First Rafael Van Der Vaart made it 2-0 before Ghana rallied five minutes later through Asamoah Gyan. The fightback didn’t last long however, as Wesley Sneijder and then Robin Van Persie both struck to make it an emphatic 4-1 to Holland.

Having already beaten Mexico 2-1 last week, the Dutch now have one more fixture ahead of the finals. They will face Hungary in Amsterdam on the 5th of June before flying to South Africa to acclimatise for their opening game against Denmark on the 16th of June in Johannesburg.

Perhaps Ghana can be forgiven for looking a bit rusty because this was only their first warm up friendly. They are due to play Latvia in Milton Keynes on the 5th of June before they too head to South Africa for the finals. They will expect a much better result against the Latvians and better performance is a must to give them confidence ahead of their opening Group D fixture against Serbia in Pretoria on the 13th of June.

Holland 4-1 Ghana (01/06/2010)

Starting Line-ups:

Holland:
Vorm
Mathijsen
Heitinga
Van Bronckhorst
Van Der Wiel
De Jong
Van Bommel
Van Persie
Sneijder
Afellay
Kuyt

Substitutions:
45 Boschker for Vorm
63 Van der Vaart for Afellay
73 Babel for Kuyt
83 Elia for Sneijder

Ghana:
Richard Kingson
Addy
Vorsah
Sarpei
Pantsil
Annan
Boateng
Appiah
Muntari
Owusu-Abeyie
Amoah

Substitutions:
45 Mensah for Vorsah
45 Gyan for Amoah
45 Ayew for Muntari
45 Tagoe for Owusu-Abeyie
45 Adiyiah for Appiah
77 Asamoah for Annan

Goals:
Kuyt (30)
Van Der Vaart (73)
Gyan (78)
Sneijder (81)
Van Persie (87)

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Sunday 31st January 2010
Estadio 11 de Novembro, Luanda, Angola
Weather: 30c, wind 15kmph, chance of showers

Egypt 1 (Geddo 86)
Ghana 0

TEAMS

Egypt: El Hadary, Al-Muhamadi, Goma’a, Fathy (Moatasem 89), Moawad (Abdel-Shafy 55), Ghaly, Said, Hassan, Hosni, Zidan, Motaeb (Geddo 70)

Ghana: Kingson, Inkoom, Vorsah, Addy, Sarpei, Agyemang Badu, Annan, Ayew, Asamoah, Gyan (Adiyah 87), Opoku (Addo 89)

Tournament top scorer and super sub par excellence Mohamed Nagy “Geddo” was the hero once again as he came off the bench to grab his fifth goal of the competition and secure a 1-0 win for defending champions Egypt against a hard-working but uninspired Ghana side. His late strike was the one moment of class that lit up an otherwise uneventful final.

Ghana kicked off the 27th African Cup of Nations final as underdogs against an Egypt team aiming to make it three successive triumphs. Egypt striker Emad Motaeb shook off a hamstring strain to make the starting line-up ahead of super sub and tournament top scorer Geddo. Ghana goalkeeper Richard Kingson played despite an injury that prevented him from taking his own goal kicks.

It was a low key start to the game, with both teams taking a long time to settle, perhaps due to the pressure of the occasion. The first goalscoring opportunity came from a set piece in the eighth minute. Egypt defender Fathy body checked Asamoah to concede a free-kick 30m from goal, but Gyan’s shot hit the wall. Egypt ‘keeper El Hadary misjudged the resultant corner presenting Ghana with a half chance but they couldn’ t capitalise on his error. A long range effort from Ahmed Hassan in the 13th minute was Egypt’s first goal attempt but didn’t come close to troubling the goalkeeper. He tried again five minutes later but didn’t come much closer. Asamoah showed him how to hit the target with his own fiercely stuck shot from distance midway through the first half, but it was comfortably saved by El Hadary.

Chances were few and far between in the first half and neither goalkeeper was properly tested. Egypt enjoyed the lion’s share of possession and dictated most of the play but weren’t allowed to get close enough to the Ghanaian goal to cause any real trouble. The Black Stars occasionally looked dangerous on the break but didn’t often get enough men forward in support of their attacks. Nobody could argue with the goalless scoreline at the interval and everybody was hoping for a bit more action in the second half.

There were no changes during the break, but there was at least an eventful start to the second period with a flurry of yellow cards and a dangerous free-kick from Asamoah Gyan. Opoku was booked for a horrific challenge on Al-Muhamadi that could have earned him a straight red, Moawad saw yellow for a deliberate handball and then Al-Muhamadi was cautioned for a revenge challenge on Opoku, which gave Gyan the dead ball chance. His shot was tipped over the bar by El-Hahadary. After 55 minutes Shehata made his first move, replacing Moawad with Zamalek full-back Mohamed Abdel-Shafy. Hossam Ghaly soon made his way into the referee’s book for a shirt pull which resulted in yet another unsuccessful long-range free kick attempt for Ghana.

Ghana enjoyed their best spell of the game early in the second half, playing much more positively than at any time in the first period, and as a result the game began to open up a bit with the forwards finding more space in which to work at both ends of the field. Egypt’s passing began to bear fruit and they started to create openings in the Ghana defence. Hassan claimed a penalty for a push in the back,but the referee waved play on and Ghana continued to favour shooting from outside the box over trying to work a clearer opening. In the 70th minute Shehata played his trump card, bringing on Geddo for Motaeb in the hope that the Al-Ittihad striker could score off the bench for the fifth time in the tournament.

However, Ghana were getting more and more on top and they created three good chances in six minutes with Rennes striker Asamoah Gyan at the heart of all their mest moves. He curled a shot just wide of the far post in the 74th minute, hit another free-kick in the 79th, which El-Hadary clumisly punched away for a corner and then played in Inkoom down the right who sent an inviting cross across the Egypt goalmouth but nobody could connect in the middle. It was totally against the run of play when that man Geddo did it again; Mohamed Nagy “Geddo” picked up the ball on the left, played a neat one two with Zidan taking him inside the Ghana box where he curled a delicate finish past Kingson and just inside the far post to create jubilant scenes on the Egypt bench.

Bizarrely, Gyan was replaced as Ghana desperately chased the game in the last few minutes but despite their pressure they weren’t able to break down the resolute Egyptian defence and the Pharaohs were crowned champions of Africa for the seventh time.