At the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, the Ghana national team achieved an outstanding result. African footballers were able to make it to the quarterfinals of the tournament, where they lost only in the penalty shootout to Uruguay. In 2014, Ghanaian fans expected a similar positive outcome.
The players of the Ghana national team at the World Cup in Brazil got a difficult group. They played in the G Quartet, which some football experts equated with death groups. The rivals of African footballers were teams from Germany, the USA and Portugal.
The Ghana national team played the first match in the tournament against the USA. African footballers conceded a goal in the first minute of the meeting. Only in the second half did the Ghana players win back. However, the match did not end in a draw. In the last minutes of the match, after a corner kick, the American footballers scored the second goal. The final score of the starting meeting was disappointing for Ghana (1 - 2).
In the second match of the tournament, the Ghanaian footballers showed very good and high-quality football, although they were opposed by the German national team. The game ended in a combat draw 2 - 2. Moreover, the Ghanaian footballers first lost and then won. However, it was not possible to keep the advantage with the Ghanaian - the Germans evened the score.
After two matches in the tournament, the Ghana national team had only minimal chances of reaching the playoff stage. The Africans needed to beat the Portuguese national team in a big way. However, the Ghana national team did not achieve the desired result. African footballers lost the match with a score of 1 - 2, which determined the departure of the Ghanaians from the tournament after the end of the group stage.
The performance of the Ghana national team is assessed as extremely unfortunate. African footballers had a minimal goal of qualifying from the group to the playoff stage, but it was not achieved.
