{"id":1252728,"date":"2022-11-17T14:44:54","date_gmt":"2022-11-17T14:44:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/11\/17\/give-us-the-world-cup\/"},"modified":"2022-11-17T14:44:54","modified_gmt":"2022-11-17T14:44:54","slug":"give-us-the-world-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/11\/17\/give-us-the-world-cup\/","title":{"rendered":"Give us the World Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"464\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/image_2022-11-17_122556801-696x464.png\"   alt=\"\" title=\"Black Stars celebrate\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Ghanaians on social media were impressed by the dominant display of Otto Addo\u2019s men against Switzerland in Abu Dhabi on Thursday morning. <\/p>\n<p>The game, which wrapped Ghana\u2019s preparation ahead of Qatar, ended 2-0 win as the West African side sets a good tone against Portugal in World Cup opener.<\/p>\n<p>Debut goals from Salisu and Semenyo were enough for Ghana to cruise past a top ranked Swiss team ahead of the Mundial.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>Fans will be hoping Otto Addo and his men will replicate such an emphatic performance in the World Cup group stage after being paired with Portugal, Uruguay and South Korea.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Check out some reactions:<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Ghana is winning the World Cup. Pass it on<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 KALYJAY (@gyaigyimii) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gyaigyimii\/status\/1593211746537603072?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 17, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"\/>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Ghana won against the swiss but the pain goes straight to Omo Naija and Bafana Bafana. \ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude0d\ud83d\ude0d<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 AYEDUASE PULISIC (@quame_age) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/quame_age\/status\/1593211877982875649?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 17, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"\/>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"\/>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">If Otto Addo is bold, Ghana can actually cause havoc to opponents at the World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Owuraku Ampofo (@_owurakuampofo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/_owurakuampofo\/status\/1593209540991799296?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 17, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Ghana is sending message to the rest of the world that they can win the World Cup with a big win against Switzerland. Chale <\/p>\n<p>Akwaaba \ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udded<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 POOJA!!! (@PoojaMedia) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PoojaMedia\/status\/1593208624612245506?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 17, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>            <!--  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=videoseries[\/embed]<!--\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>--><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"_9et4m62rYw\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Adom TV Live Stream\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_9et4m62rYw?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ghanaians on social media were impressed by the dominant display of Otto Addo\u2019s men against Switzerland in Abu Dhabi on Thursday morning. 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