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Ghana and Juventus midfileder, Kwadwo Asamoah, has expressed confidence in the ability of the Black Stars to perform creditably at the World Cup in Brazil. Asamoah, who will be making his second appearance at the tournament, said the Black Stars have put their disappointing quarter-final exit at the the 2010 World Cup behind them. �We�re confident that we'll be able to give a good account of ourselves. We�re in a tough group, there's no denying that, but we go into the competition following a strong qualifying campaign in which we won five out of six games,� he said. Ghana have been drawn in a tough Group G with the USA, Germany and Portugal. But Asamoah says Ghana are aware of the threat their opponents pose and are poised for battle. He said: �It's our third consecutive appearance in the World Cup finals, we hope to have a long run and we'll be doing all we possibly can to make that happen. I think you know what you're going to get from Germany... strong, well organised yet skilful opponents, who have a rich history in international tournaments. �They're a different prospect under (German coach) Juergen Klinsmann, so we'll have to be on our guard,� Asamoah added. �If you enter any competition your ambition has to be to win it, and to do so you need to face strong teams at some stage. We have shown in the past that we can perform when others may have written us off - and we're confident we can do that again.� The Black Stars kick off their tournament against USA on June 16.