{"id":1266096,"date":"2022-12-16T15:28:12","date_gmt":"2022-12-16T15:28:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/12\/16\/we-could-have-done-better-at-world-cup\/"},"modified":"2022-12-16T15:28:12","modified_gmt":"2022-12-16T15:28:12","slug":"we-could-have-done-better-at-world-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/12\/16\/we-could-have-done-better-at-world-cup\/","title":{"rendered":"We could have done better at World Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"418\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/George-Boateng-Ghana-Black-Stars-training-696x418.jpg\"   alt=\"George Boateng\" title=\"George Boateng\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">George Boateng<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Black Stars assistant coach, George Boateng, believes the team could have done better following their elimination from the \u2019ongoing\u00a02022 FIFA World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>Ghana, who were the lowest-ranked team at the start of the tournament, suffered an early exit from the competition having finished at the bottom of Group H. The Black Stars recorded a win and two defeats.<\/p>\n<p>The win over South Korea, however, was not enough to see the Black Stars progress to the next round of the tournament.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>Following their elimination, the former Aston Villa U-23 coach said the Black Stars did not perform badly at the Mundial.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ ALSO<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you look at it, we performed well as a team, well enough in every game. if you look at the game against Portugal, the team was compact, very solid, everybody gave his all and we all know if the penalty wasn\u2019t given, things could have been different,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe game against South Korea was outstanding. The players showed so much character in that game, leading two nil and conceding two goals to then find the courage and still come back to win the game gave us such a good confidence boost.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you looked at it overall we were the lowest-ranked team going to the World Cup but we did better than Denmark, Serbia, Iran, Coast Rica Saudi Arabia, and Qatar the host. So if you look at it we performed well enough.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to him, things could have been much better for Ghana if they had a bit of luck on their side in their last group game.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the last game against Uruguay, it could have been a lot better for us had luck gone our way,\u201d he added.<\/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=\"hiZw1ySEQwc\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Vemaplus Limited - Badwam Afisem on Adom TV (16-12-22)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hiZw1ySEQwc?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>George Boateng Black Stars assistant coach, George Boateng, believes the team could have done better following their elimination from the \u2019ongoing\u00a02022 FIFA World Cup. Ghana, who were the lowest-ranked team at the start of the tournament, suffered an early exit from the competition having finished at the bottom of Group H. 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