{"id":1259439,"date":"2022-11-29T02:10:06","date_gmt":"2022-11-29T02:10:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/11\/29\/black-stars-keep-qatar-2022-hopes-alive-with-win-over-south-korea\/"},"modified":"2022-11-29T02:10:06","modified_gmt":"2022-11-29T02:10:06","slug":"black-stars-keep-qatar-2022-hopes-alive-with-win-over-south-korea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/11\/29\/black-stars-keep-qatar-2022-hopes-alive-with-win-over-south-korea\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Stars keep Qatar 2022 hopes alive with win over South Korea"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>A goal from Mohammed Salisu and a Mohammed Kudus brace have given Ghana\u2019s Black Stars a 3-2 win over South Korea in their second game of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.<\/p>\n<p>Despite a brief second-half rally from the South Koreans, Otto Addo\u2019s side picked up all three points to keep them in the race for a Round of 16 place.<\/p>\n<p>Following the opening-day loss to Portugal, the Black Stars needed to avoid defeat against the Koreans to stave off early elimination from the tournament.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-558539\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Korea-Republic-v-Ghana-Group-H-FIFA-World-Cup-Qatar-2022-1.png\"   alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"299\" data-pin-no-hover=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p>This was clearly on the minds of the players as a nervy start allowed the South Koreans to dominate the early stages of the game.<\/p>\n<p>South Korea racked up a corner count of seven but failed to significantly test Lawrence Ati Zigi in the Ghana goal.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-558537\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/1669641220217_lc_galleryImage_Soccer_Football_FIFA_Worl.jpg\"   alt=\"\" width=\"574\" height=\"428\" data-pin-no-hover=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p>After surviving the early onslaught, the Black Stars grew into the game and promptly took the lead.<\/p>\n<p>South Korea failed to deal with a Jordan Ayew corner and the ball fell to Mohammed Salisu who found the net.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_558534\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-558534\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-558534\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Korea-Republic-v-Ghana-Group-H-FIFA-World-Cup-Qatar-2022-2-scaled.jpg\"   alt=\"\" width=\"678\" height=\"452\" data-pin-no-hover=\"true\"\/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-558534\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">AL RAYYAN, QATAR \u2013 NOVEMBER 28: <> during the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 Group H match between Korea Republic and Ghana at Education City Stadium on November 28, 2022 in Al Rayyan, Qatar. (Photo by GR \u2013 F \u2013 BOTTERILL\/GR \u2013 F \u2013 BOTTERILL)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>After a nervy wait where the VAR checked on a possible handball by Andre Ayew, Salisu and his teammates could finally celebrate their goal.<\/p>\n<p>10 minutes later, the Stars doubled their lead and, yet again, Jordan Ayew was heavily involved.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-558531\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/1669642671604_lc_galleryImage_Soccer_Football_FIFA_Worl.jpg\"   alt=\"\" width=\"574\" height=\"300\" data-pin-no-hover=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p>His inswinging cross from the left found the head of Kudus Mohammed who glanced the ball home.<\/p>\n<p>The Black Stars almost scored a third but despite Partey\u2019s failed attempt to find the net with his header, the Ghanaians went into the break with a healthy lead.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-558530\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Korea-Republic-v-Ghana-Group-H-FIFA-World-Cup-Qatar-2022-3-scaled.jpg\"   alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1798\" data-pin-no-hover=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The two-goal lead disappeared 13 minutes after the break in a three-minute blitz.<\/p>\n<p>Korean striker Cho Gue-sung rose to head home twice in the 58th and 61st minutes from identical positions, to draw the two teams level.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-558543\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Korea-Republic-v-Ghana-Group-H-FIFA-World-Cup-Qatar-2022-5-scaled.webp.webp\"   alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1706\" data-pin-no-hover=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The Ghanaians were not shell-shocked for long as only seven minutes after conceding the equaliser, the Black Stars were back ahead.<\/p>\n<p>Forward Inaki Williams completely missed a ball from the left but it fell at the feet of Kudus Mohammed who fired home.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-558549\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Korea-Republic-v-Ghana-Group-H-FIFA-World-Cup-Qatar-2022-6.png\"   alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"299\" data-pin-no-hover=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p>There were chances for South Korea to score the next goal but they found Ati Zigi in fine form.<\/p>\n<p>The Stars held on, despite 10 minutes of added time, for their first victory of the 2022 World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>Ghana now go into the game against Uruguay knowing a draw, and favourable results in the other games might well take them through to the Round of 16.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A goal from Mohammed Salisu and a Mohammed Kudus brace have given Ghana\u2019s Black Stars a 3-2 win over South Korea in their second game of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. Despite a brief second-half rally from the South Koreans, Otto Addo\u2019s side picked up all three points to keep them in the race [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1259440,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[187],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1259439","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1259439","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1259439"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1259439\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1259439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1259439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1259439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}