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BATTLING GHANA CAN’T DO ENOUGH AS PORTUGAL GO TOP OF GROUP H
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BATTLING GHANA CAN’T DO ENOUGH AS PORTUGAL GO TOP OF GROUP H

November 24th, 2022 News, World Cup 2022 comments

Article image:🚹 Battling Ghana can't do enough as Portugal go top of Group H

We have reached day five of the World Cup and there are four more matches coming our way from Qatar today.

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Record-breaking Ronnie on the spot

Scorers: Ronaldo (PEN) 64â€Č, Joao Felix 78â€Č, LeĂŁo 80â€Č; Ayew 73â€Č, Bukari 89â€Č

Portugal and Ghana played out a thrilling 3-2 encounter on Thursday as the Seleçao came away with all three points in their World Cup opener.

Despite a tumultuous week off the pitch, Cristiano Ronaldo started for Portugal and captained the side as they aimed to start their campaign off with a win.

It was the unattached striker who had the best chance early on as he bared down on goal but a poor touch saw the Ghanaian goalkeeper smother the ball.

Otto Addo’s side were sticking to their gameplan of sitting deep and allowing Portugal the ball, and with nearly 20 minutes gone it was working a charm.

Portugal thought they had scored on the half hour mark but Ronaldo’s finish was disallowed after the referee saw a foul in the build-up.

Into the second half and Ghana were trying to be a little more proactive going forward but after 50 minutes had struggled to show any real quality in the final third.

Ghana finally did have a shot on goal, through Mohammed Kudus, but the midfielder’s fine daisy-cutter went just wide of the right-hand post.

But on 64 minutes, Portugal had the chance to take the lead. A very soft penalty was given after a foul on Ronaldo and the Ballon d’Or winner blasted home from 12 yards.

Amazingly though, Ghana got an equaliser. Andre Ayew was in the right place at the right time and tapped home from close ranger after a cross from the left.

A game that was turgid at best in the first half had now burst into life. And Portugal were soon ahead again.

Joao Felix was played in by Bruno Fernandes and the Atletico Madrid finished cooly from inside the area.

Just moments later, it was three. Rafael LeĂŁo had only been on the pitch a few minutes but latched on to a Bruno Fernandes pass and calmly slotted home.

This mad second half wasn’t done however, as Osman Bukari headed in at the far post to pull one back for Ghana with one minute of normal time remaining.


Uruguay and South Korea play out goalless draw

Group H looks wide open after Uruguay hit the post twice but were held to a 0-0 draw by South Korea on Thursday.

South Korea looked looked the more threatening side in the first half and had the game’s biggest chance, with Hwang Ui-Jo firing over after receiving a cutback totally unmarked near the penalty spot.

But that was as much as they threatened at any point, with Uruguay probably leaving the game the more disappointed side.

The South American side had two half-chances of note before the break, with Darwin NĂșñez coming close to steering home a Facundo Pellistri cross and Diego GodĂ­n striking the foot of the post with a fine header.

A cagey second half was short on inspiration, though NĂșñez continued to look lively. A driving run to the byline and low cross forced a parry from Korean goalkeeper Seung-gyu Kim from the Liverpool man and he threatened again on 80 minutes but his effort from range both went wide and was not quite wayward enough for a stretching Edinson Cavani to steer it towards goal.

As the clock hit 89 minutes and Uruguay upped the ante, Fede Valverde cracked the near post with a superb effort from distance, but that is as close as either side came to a winner as they kicked off their World Cup campaigns.


Switzerland suppress Cameroon

Scorers: Embolo 48â€Č

A functional Switzerland side squeezed out a 1-0 win over Cameroon.

Switzerland delivered the first major test when Breel Embolo was fed in from the wing, and although he looked to have been bundled over in the box, play was stopped for an offside.

It was soon Cameroon’s turn for a big chance as Bayern Munich’s Choupo-Moting was played through on goal, but defender Manuel Akanji just did enough with a physical challenge in the box.

Akanji had great opportunity to put his side ahead just before half time, leaping high to deliver a header from a corner, but the Manchester City man couldn’t get enough contact on the ball to direct it towards goal.

The Swiss had the breakthrough just two minutes after the second half though, as Remo Freuler played a cross across the box for Breel Embolo to fire home.

Embolo was about to get his second as he got ready to strike the ball from a corner, but Cameroon midfielder André-Frank Zambo Anguissa made a superb last-ditch clearance to deny him.

After the goal, Switzerland shut up shop and stifled any creativity from Cameroon, doing enough to see out the win.


Still to come 


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