The Black Stars hopes of making a fourth successive appearance at the FIFA World Cup were all but dashed tonight at the Borg El Arab Stadium in Alexandria after they lost 2-0 to the Pharaoh's of Egypt.
The Pharaoh's proved tactically superior to the Black Stars who dominated possession but conceded late goals in either half.
The first goal was scored by Mohammed Salah from a penalty in the 42nd minute after Hassan Trezequet was felled by Harrison Afful in the box.
The Roma winger scored his 27th goal in Egypt colours sending Razak Brimah the wrong way and slotting calmly.
The Stars continued to dominate the exchanges and came close to scoring several times in the first half.
Veteran Egypt goalie Essam Hadary was in superb form and on several occasions he denied the Black Stars an equaliser.
Hadary saved smartly from a thunderbolt free kick by Mubarak Wakaso and also frustrated the Stars with his playacting anytime he made a save.
Jordan Ayew also fired narrowly wide late in the first half after he managed to create space for himself.
The Stars continued to dominate the clash but after the break but the Egyptians chose to sit back and hit their opponents on the counter attack.
Christian Atsu came closest to scoring but his left footed shot was saved smartly by El Hadary who moments later saved a tame header from Agyemang Badu.
The Egyptians completed their sweet revenge for a 6-1 loss suffered to Ghana in the 2014 World Cup qualifiers when Stoke City's Ramadhan Sobhi raced away on the left flack before releasing the ball to Salah who found an unmarked Abdallah Said in the box to score.
Said allowed the ball to run across his body before swiveling to fire a low shot past a hapless Razak Brimah.
The Stars were also very wasteful from numerous set-piece opportunities that fell their way.
The Pharaoh's now lead the Group with six points followed by Uganda on four points while the Stars are in third place with one point and whipping boys Congo have no points.
Source: Graphic.com.gh
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Hahaa..I was expecting this..you guys don't have Ghana at heart but money. We will all be here and watch the world cup on TV to save our tax payers money.
Good, please losing. Greedy, unpatriotic ba$tard$.
The Ghanaians played well. But it is about time we realized that we lack something. And that something is the technical training of some good players up-front. Players who can decode games and score goals in tough encounters like this one. We dominated against Egypt. We did everything. But we did not have a player placed to break the deadlock. KP Boateng would have made the difference. But we could not manage him well. Putting 100% of blame on him when the blame was within us (1) Wrong technical decision (2) Juju and black magic (3) Corruption in the system (4) Corrupt invitation of out-of-form players. Now we all go down together. Hiding your head in the sand when you have a problem does not solve the problem. It only complicates things.
better to lose to save money
I am so happy...i pray they lose all their matches...u$eless team wasting our resources...they don't do anything for society than to buy cars and take off girls underwears...check out other players in our countries....forking team
Am so greatful to the Pharos for saving Ghana in an incoming co efficient sharing. They shd come here and do what is known of them thus delay tactics get a draw and they ll be at the world cup. You shd have scored 4 goals .thank you once again
THE SPIRITS OF GHANAIANS WEREN'T THERE WITH THEM BECAUSE OF WHAT MAHAMA AND HIS GOOD FOR NOTHING NDC DID DURING THE LAST WORLD CUP SHOW, eeeeiiiii AIR-LIFTING 3-MILLION DOLLARS TO BRAZIL ALL BECAUSE OF ***barred word*** POLITICAL EXPEDIENCY. SHAME BLACK-STAR, SHAME THE SPORT MINISTER, SHAME GFA, SHAME MAHAMA, SHAME NDC
WELL SAID MY BRODAY. THEY THINK WE ARE.........
so the training in dubai was a waste of money! You people are all ediiiots
Ghanaians are not ***barred word*** at all. The Black Stars dented the image of Ghana in Brazil and did not see the need to apologise to the whole nation. Those who lead them as ministers and leaders as well as the celebrities went there to squander the hard earned money from taxes. Those who messed up things and dupped Ghana are walking about freely whilst others have been reassigned to the presidency. How can we qualify again? It will never happened. Those players who beat-up the elderly are also walking about freely. The hearts of Ghanaians have deserted the Black Stars and it will take a longer time for it to be healed. Why did you sack Akwasi Appiah? What is his crime? It is when we qualify again that you will go there to squander our money. What about if you do not qualify? I am the happiest Ghanaian at the moment because Egyptians have beaten us. WE SHALL NEVER QUALIFY FOR THE NEXT WORLD CUP until a nation-wide tour of the players and officials at their own expenses to apologise to the whole nation. You can take it or leave it.