Ghana coah Sellas Tetteh says his team wants to make Africa proud by winning the Fifa Under-20 World Cup in Egypt for the first time in its 32-year history.
The Black Satellites must beat a plucky Hungary on Tuesday to realize the dream of a third final appearance after out to South American opponents in 1993 and 2001.
Cameroun failed to progress past the Group stage while hosts Egypt, Nigeria and South Africa fell at the last 16 hurdle. The African champions have survived some scary moments in the tournament coming from behind to dispatch South Africa in extra-time and narrowly escaping a tsumani performance from South Korea.
"We're happy to have reached the semi-finals. Ghana is the last African team still involved and we'll fight to make the whole continent proud. We'll give everything to return home with the global crown. We mustn't fail," Tetteh said.
Ghana have won the hearts of the local crowd with their impressive goalscoring record and can rely on impish striker Dominic Adiyiah and Ransford Osei for goals. But must cope with the absence of centre-back Jonathan Mensah who has been suspended for the tie.
Hungary, semi-finalists at the European champions, will miss talismanic captain Vladimir Koman due yellow card accumulation. It is 37 years since Hungary last reached the semi-finals of a major football tournament.
At the 1972 Uefa European Championship in Belgium, they succumbed 1-0 to the USSR, before taking the silver medal at the Munich Olympics following their 2-1 loss to Poland in the final.
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