{"id":1257605,"date":"2022-11-24T19:01:49","date_gmt":"2022-11-24T19:01:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/11\/24\/black-stars-lose-first-game-against-portugal-in-5-goal-thriller\/"},"modified":"2022-11-24T19:01:49","modified_gmt":"2022-11-24T19:01:49","slug":"black-stars-lose-first-game-against-portugal-in-5-goal-thriller","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/11\/24\/black-stars-lose-first-game-against-portugal-in-5-goal-thriller\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Stars lose first game against Portugal in 5 goal thriller"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"458\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/image_2022-11-24_185650634-696x458.png\"   alt=\"\" title=\"Ghana\"\/><\/div>\n<p>A two minute technical error in the second half helped Portugal to win 3-2 in what was a most exciting game in Group H.<\/p>\n<p>The Ghana national team today locked horns with the Portuguese opponent to fight for points in Group H.<\/p>\n<p>Even though Black Stars lost the chance to grab something out of the game, fans were satisfied with the fighting spirit from the West African side.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>Next, Ghana will face South Korea before ending their group game against Uruguay.<\/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 will always make a mark!  We lost  but what a performance!!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 KALYJAY (@gyaigyimii) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gyaigyimii\/status\/1595839470984740867?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 24, 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 will always make Africa Proud. We are tired of carrying Africa \ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 KALYJAY (@gyaigyimii) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gyaigyimii\/status\/1595841488524550145?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 24, 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\">If you think I\u2019ll laugh at my West African brothers for giving everything, fighting hard and pushing European giants all the way then you\u2019re absolutely right, what a World Cup win for Ghana\ud83d\ude2d<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Trey (@UTDTrey) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UTDTrey\/status\/1595841077650591744?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 24, 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\">Gallant display but defeat ultimately. Mistakes cost Ghana when it mattered but hopefully they come back stronger on Monday. \ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udded\ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udded\ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udded\ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udded\ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udded\ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udded\ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udded\ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udded\ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udded <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Qatar2022onMG?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Qatar2022onMG<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gk68YXb4ex\">pic.twitter.com\/gk68YXb4ex<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Thierry Nyann \ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udded (@nyannthierry) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nyannthierry\/status\/1595840730194481154?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 24, 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 just save other Africans teams to score 2 goals that\u2019s okay.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 IMO PUNTER\ud83e\udd34\ud83c\udffd (@ImoPunter) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ImoPunter\/status\/1595836492387172352?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 24, 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\">Broooooo ghana so you can push to this extreme why now when you can since morning \ud83d\ude16\ud83d\ude16<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 IMO PUNTER\ud83e\udd34\ud83c\udffd (@ImoPunter) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ImoPunter\/status\/1595837848514600963?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 24, 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 really played well in the game. 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