{"id":1259081,"date":"2022-11-28T08:49:00","date_gmt":"2022-11-28T08:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/11\/28\/black-stars-have-a-big-chance-of-making-last-16-otto-addo\/"},"modified":"2022-11-28T08:49:00","modified_gmt":"2022-11-28T08:49:00","slug":"black-stars-have-a-big-chance-of-making-last-16-otto-addo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/11\/28\/black-stars-have-a-big-chance-of-making-last-16-otto-addo\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Stars have a big chance of making last 16 &#8211; Otto Addo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"394\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/1668613150_320_Screenshot-2022-11-15-100204-696x394.png\"   alt=\"Otto Addo\" title=\"Otto Addo\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Otto Addo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Ghana head coach, Otto Addo, believes the Black Stars still have a huge chance of qualifying for the knockout stages at the 2022 World Cup despite the defeat to Portugal.<\/p>\n<p>The Black Stars face an upheaval task of trying to beat South Korea to keep their qualification hopes alive when the two teams meet on Monday at Education City Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>Portugal leads Group H with three points after their contentious 3-2 win over Ghana last Thursday while South Korea and Uruguay are level on a point each after drawing goalless.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>Otto Addo is convinced Ghana can take advantage of the draw and push their way through to the last 16 from, arguably, the group of death at the Mundial.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFirst of all, surely, we have a chance especially since they [Uruguay and South Korea] played a draw,\u201d Addo said at his pre-match press conference.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, if we win against South Korea and Portugal win, hopefully, against Uruguay, then we will be second, so the chance is still big.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd surely it will be very, very tough to beat South Korea because they are good. But now, we have to win. We are under pressure, but they are too.\u201d<\/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\">After the first round of Group H matches, which teams look likeliest to advance? <\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udded Ghana coach Otto Addo says Portugal are favourites, even though Ghana cannot be counted out. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MGLQatar2022?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MGLQatar2022<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5IqNWLRmTr\">pic.twitter.com\/5IqNWLRmTr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u2b05\ufe0f #JoySportsZone \u23f3\ufe0f (@JoySportsGH) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoySportsGH\/status\/1596840013698072579?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 27, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Ghana will wrap up their group campaign against Uruguay on December 2 after the South Korea game on Monday.<\/p>\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=\"GqyCWMrF1D4\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Adom TV News (26-11-22)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GqyCWMrF1D4?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>Otto Addo Ghana head coach, Otto Addo, believes the Black Stars still have a huge chance of qualifying for the knockout stages at the 2022 World Cup despite the defeat to Portugal. 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