South Korea's Son Heung-min during training.
Ghana will be hoping to become the third African country to advance to the knockout stages of the 2022 FIFA World Cup when they face off against rivals Uruguay in the last group stage match on Friday. But the grudge Ghana has been carrying from their 2010 FIFA World Cup encounter with the Uruguayans will be weighing down heavily on the Black Stars.
A win will take Ghana to the knockout stages where they will most likely face Brazil. A draw can still be enough to have them progress out of the group, but for this they would need Portugal to prevail over South Korea in the other match to be played at the same time. But banking on Portugal to do the work against the South Koreans could backfire.
While Portugal’s last 16 berth is confirmed, South Korea will have everything to play for and one thing that has been evident in this tournament has been their never-say-die attitude which was salient when they came back from 2-0 down against Ghana, even though they eventually lost 3-2. Ghana will know South Korea getting the results against Portugal will be as possible as Japan did it against Spain. But maybe forget Ghana, South Korea will know they can do it.
But the dark horses of Group H will be bottom-placed Uruguay. While Edinson Cavanni and Luis Suarez have yet to show their best in Qatar, their experience makes La Celeste a team never to take lightly. Uruguay need nothing less than three points against Ghana to take them to four points with an opportunity to qualify for the knockout stages depending on the outcome of the match between Portugal and South Korea. A draw or a loss will be the end of their participation in Qatar.
This isn't the Ghanaian team?