After a 2-1 loss to the USA, the Black Stars of Ghana today
will be hoping to secure a victory over Germany in other to brighten their
chances of staying in the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil.
Estádio Castelão in Fortaleza.
Head coach Kwasi Appiah will be expected to settle on the right tactics against the three time World Champions after the 53 year old faced a lot of critics following Ghana’s loss to the USA with many football enthusiast describing the soft-spoken coach as tactically bankrupt.
Germany who won their opening game 4-0 against fellow European counterparts Portugal will however be eager to secure another win over the Africans in other to seal qualification to the next round of the competition. Nothing less than a win against Ghana will see the Die Mannschaaft struggle their way out in their last group game against the USA.
Meanwhile Coach Kwasi Appiah has indicated he has learnt from the defeat to the Stars and Stripes and has promised a positive result against the Germans.
“I have learnt a lot, considering the fact that when you create chances and you are not able to finish it comes down to whether your midfielders or strikers are doing the right thing at the right time,” Appiah said.
“We need to go back and see our mistakes and correct them. We’re going to have to play well against Germany and I know we’ll give them a good game.”
The game will also see the separation of brotherly love between duo Kevin-Prince Boateng and Younger brother Jerome Boateng as both will be flying different flags today at the Estádio Castelão.
“I’m really looking forward to the match and the fact that both Boateng brothers will be on the same pitch,” said Kevin-Prince Boateng.
“Of course, it’s a special experience to face your own brother at the World Cup and it's not the first time either. There's always a lot of excitement surrounding a World Cup, but this will be a particularly special moment for us both,” Jerome added.
The meeting between Ghana and Germany today will be the third time the two countries will be facing each other but the second at the World Cup after they meet four year ago in South Africa with the latter winning by 1-0.
To Ghana it will be a revenge of the 2010 World Cup, while Germany will be hoping to make it three out of three over the Black Stars after triumphing in all two previous meetings thus 6-1 and 1-0 in Germany [Bochum] 1996 and South Africa 2010 respectively.
The titanic clash will however kick off at exactly 7 pm Ghana time.
By Frank Darkwah
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