On September 23, 2022, Brazil dismantled Ghana by 3 goals to nothing in a pre-World Cup friendly, a game tactically engineered by the world’s powerhouse in football due to where both teams were placed in the FIFA World Cup groupings.
Tipping Ghana as runners up in Group H, Brazil knew the probability of annexing their group, –G –and facing Ghana off the round of 16 was higher, hence, testing the waters with the Black Stars in a friendly.
In 2006 when Brazil met Ghana at the round of 16 in the latter’s first ever Mundial, Brazil had to travel back to their home country before playing the Black Stars in Germany.
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But the Black Stars’ dream and the expectations of Brazil ended when Andre Ayew missed a penalty that could have taken the team to the next stage of the tournament.
Many Ghanaians, even though excited over the tears of Luiz Suarez became disappointed when the team had to leave Qatar earlier than anticipated.
Andre Ayew, who many say has received the baton of vilification from former skipper Asamoah Gyan, was put on the chopping board with castigations from the four walls of the country.
The South Koreans whom Ghana defeated had drew with Uruguay in their first game making them eligible to proceed to the round of 16 after a 2:1 victory in their last group game against Portugal.
The Taegeuk Warriors of Korea Republic faced off with the Seleção Canarinhoe of Brazil and were thwarted in a five-goal thriller with the Asians getting a consolation in the second half.
Following the masterclass exhibited by Brazil, many have turned to laud Andre Ayew for ‘saving’ Ghana from an embarrassment that people say could have been dire, had Ghana went ahead to play the Seleçǎo.
3Sports after compiling some tweets from a section of Ghanaians said Andre helped the nation to dodge the Brazil bullet.
For journalist Berla Mundi, she said she owes Dede a hug this December as appreciation for saving Ghana from Brazil.
Anita Akuffo doesn’t really know what Ghanaians want after people started praising Dede.
Ghana would have conceded 7 goals according to Albert Hyde.
For Mr. Lamar, it is not just the scoreline but the execution of class at the night, attaching a video of Vinicius Jnr. outwitting a Korean player easily.
Olele Salvador on the other hand had this to say as below;
Meanwhile, Kwame E-Levy makes a sarcastic tweet of how Ghana would have outperformed the Brazilians should they have qualified.
By Felix Anim-Appau|Onuaonline.com
