This world cup so far has been boring for the African continent. We don't have a goal or win yet to celebrate and it's frustrating watching all the lost and draws we're having. Hoping when our representing teams play the second leg of the group stages, we'll get some goals to celebrate.
Now you have two goals to celebrate it would gave been bad to finish the fiery round without a single goal from African team buy Ghana never disappoint.
I'm not a big fan of J. Ayew, but the entire Ghana hope is on A. Ayew and Partey.
A. Ayew has been one of the problems of Ghana in this their first half game against Portugal, he is the player meant to push attack but from what I saw in the first half he was playing more like Partey a defensive midfielder, turning back to pass each time he had the opportunity to run forward. No real attempt in the first half unlike what we saw from Cameroon. I have also observed that there are no speedsters in this Ghanian side that is trying to run into the Portugal Defense. .
A. Ayew was the only one making dangerous off-ball movements, but no one could pick him out of the midfield; you can't expect him to force an attack on his own when the midfield has already been dominated. Ghana had a terrible first half, no doubt. They sat back, attempting to break the link between Ronaldo and Fernandez, which is the best thing any team could do given how dangerous these players are when given a little space. A. Ayew is always the hero, but when things go wrong, he is always the scapegoat.
The only mistake was Addo's substitution of A. Ayew for J. Ayew; they were on a high tempo to win the game before that substitution, and it didn't take Portugal long to score twice after he was taken off, but overall it was a good game for both teams. How did Williams blow that last-second chance to convert on that Gk drop? He only needed to turn and shoot, but he wanted to control the ball before scoring. danm.