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[SatoPrincess]

Ghana will be playing against  Portugal on Thursday.  Ronaldo will be among the Portugal squad.  Portugal is a strong team and it will be a tough for Ghana to scale through in the game. It will be a massive victory for Portugal.

Ghana has a reputation in world Cup history as one of the African countries to have advanced to the round of 16; in general, they are also good and have good players in their squad; however, even though Portugal has Ronaldo and other world class players in their squad, beating Ghana is not a simple task for them.
Many things have already begun to happen in the World Cup, as we can see with Argentina's unexpected defeat by Saudi Arabia, so let's stop underestimating any team in this World Cup.

It will be so exciting in this year's tournament to see an African Country making it to the final games. Senegal and Ghana have quite some reputation in this competition a also but I doubt Senagal will be able to hold on with a good performance throughout the competition. Ghana vs Portugal. This world cup us full of surprises and only the bravest of all sees it through out the competition.

[Igebotz]

It was Mane's decision to go, he's 30 and this could be his final World Cup with Senegal, I'm not sure the injury is as serious as we thought given that there is still a week until the World Cup for him to at least recover since he was flown to Africa for herbal treatments, we know how far Senegal is willing to go to ensure the country captain goes to the World Cup. Because of the timing of the World Cup, he may miss the first game. I recall a similar scenario with Drogba, who was sidelined for four weeks due to a hamstring injury. He went to Africa for herbal treatment and recovered just in time for our Champions League game. No players were sacrificed, his slot was untouchable.

Well your points of view are very good, I also see the point of view of the coach from Senegal and I see the point of view of Mane, I also understand why he went to Africa to receive his herbs to heal quickly, and I hope that can recover and be ready for the first game, however we see many points of view and above all the most important is health, which, it is not very clear how serious his injury is, what I do understand is that it is or could be his last World Cup and he doesn't want to go wrong with his people, I think that's what moves him the most, that's why I think he's doing all this, I really admire soccer players like him.

Unfortunately, he did not make it to the world cup; the injury was not as minor as we first thought; I believe he was blinded by the fact that this was likely to be his last world cup because he is already 30+ and not sure if he would be around or age wise to make it to the next one. To demonstrate how bad his condition is, he is currently on clutches. It's heartbreaking to see Senegal in this state, as he was their only hope of a positive outcome from the World Cup.

Portugal vrs Ghana ? This is a joke, There's no bloody way on earth Portugal will loss to Ghana.

really? Who would have thought that the Saudis would come back from a goal down to beat Argentina in a world cup tournament? The Ghana team is more experienced; it will be a difficult game for Portugal as well, and I will not be surprised if Ghana wins; sometimes you only need 2-3 goal chances to win a game, as Saudis did.

[EarnOnVictor]

Ghana will be playing against  Portugal on Thursday.  Ronaldo will be among the Portugal squad.  Portugal is a strong team and it will be a tough for Ghana to scale through in the game. It will be a massive victory for Portugal.

Ghana has a reputation in world Cup history as one of the African countries to have advanced to the round of 16; in general, they are also good and have good players in their squad; however, even though Portugal has Ronaldo and other world class players in their squad, beating Ghana is not a simple task for them.
Many things have already begun to happen in the World Cup, as we can see with Argentina's unexpected defeat by Saudi Arabia, so let's stop underestimating any team in this World Cup.

speaking of underestimating, today there was another unexpected result for me

denmark 0 - 0 tunisia

with this result, tunisia has 1 point in the group and is the first african team to have a good result in this world cup, if in the next game they manage to beat australia then tunisia would get 4 points which could make them move to another phase if they had a draw against France, but the fact is that tunisia has a good chance of passing to another phase, they are in a group in which only franca is the fearsome opponent, the rest of the teams tunisia can win or draw

I feel like Senegal missed a great chance to beat Netherlands. I think they probably felt missing of Mane. But their overall team looks solid enough to go next round. I believe they mainly have issues with goalkeeper and defensive strategy. Although they may compete well enough with Ecuador. Qatar is definitely no match for them. Waiting for other African teams to play to assess them myself.

What do you think about Tunisia? I am surprised about their performance today. Hopefully they can win. BTW there is a doubt about penalty for Tunisia but it was cancelled by VAR although it is an obvious hand.
For Senegal there is still chance for them to qualify, they need to win the remaining 2 games.

senegal's situation is not good, they can even beat qatar, at least against qatar i think they won't have difficulties to win, but when they play against ecuador it will be a very difficult game for them, so probably they would draw or lose, because senegal's problem is in the attack which is difficult without the mane, and as if they were a car without headlights to focus on, in my opinion senegal will not pass to another phase, that's because the equator can even manage to draw against holland, the equator and a strong team, I even underestimated them, but I was wrong

I don't think we need a soothsayer to tell us what would happen with the African teams before we know. I have said many times that Africans are going nowhere in this world cup, especially Senegal which is their reigning champion. The Netherlands and Ecuador are my favourites to qualify in group A, but Ecuador would do more before they would beat Senegal judging by what they played against weak Qatar. The Netherlands team is just too strong for Senegal.

[Docnaster]

Ghana will be playing against  Portugal on Thursday.  Ronaldo will be among the Portugal squad.  Portugal is a strong team and it will be a tough for Ghana to scale through in the game. It will be a massive victory for Portugal.

Ghana has a reputation in world Cup history as one of the African countries to have advanced to the round of 16; in general, they are also good and have good players in their squad; however, even though Portugal has Ronaldo and other world class players in their squad, beating Ghana is not a simple task for them.
Many things have already begun to happen in the World Cup, as we can see with Argentina's unexpected defeat by Saudi Arabia, so let's stop underestimating any team in this World Cup.

It will be so exciting in this year's tournament to see an African Country making it to the final games. Senegal and Ghana have quite some reputation in this competition a also but I doubt Senagal will be able to hold on with a good performance throughout the competition. Ghana vs Portugal. This world cup us full of surprises and only the bravest of all sees it through out the competition.

African and Asia countries don't have chances to get to the finals of the world cup. I was able to watch the match between Senegal and Netherlands. Senegal played well, what they needed was who will put the ball in the net. Without Mane in their team, Senegal cannot go farther.

Ghana used to do better than other African countries in the previous world cups but I don't know their strength this year.
I am believe that Cameron will do better than all of other countries in Africa because I learnt Samuel Eto is among the decision makers.

[Rruchi man]

Ghana used to do better than other African countries in the previous world cups but I don't know their strength this year.
I am believe that Cameron will do better than all of other countries in Africa because I learnt Samuel Eto is among the decision makers.

It looks like we have generally overrated west African countries that qualified to play in this world cup. I watched how well Tunisia and even Morocco have played and I wonder why I didn't see anyone tip them as the African team that will go far in the world cup, majority of the attention has been on Senegal and Cameron. I have been impressed by both Tunisia and Morocco, and currently they have one point each even ahead of Senegal that was our African favorite before Mane's exclusion. We will soon see how Ghana and Cameron will play against Portugal and Switzerland.

[buwaytress]

African and Asia countries don't have chances to get to the finals of the world cup. I was able to watch the match between Senegal and Netherlands. Senegal played well, what they needed was who will put the ball in the net. Without Mane in their team, Senegal cannot go farther.

Ghana used to do better than other African countries in the previous world cups but I don't know their strength this year.
I am believe that Cameron will do better than all of other countries in Africa because I learnt Samuel Eto is among the decision makers.

Forget the finals but group stage games man! One at a time You know, with Asian teams doing so well (okay Saudi's Middle East but they play in Asian tourneys), I'm counting on an African counterpart to also provide a shock.

Ghana vs Portugal. Ronaldo will be overly keen to do well after his fallout with United, worth going for a meltdown and Ghana slim win?

[Oluwa-btc]

really? Who would have thought that the Saudis would come back from a goal down to beat Argentina in a world cup tournament? The Ghana team is more experienced; it will be a difficult game for Portugal as well, and I will not be surprised if Ghana wins; sometimes you only need 2-3 goal chances to win a game, as Saudis did.

Argentina got unlucky and the better team won at the end of that game which was Saudi Arabia, Congratulations to them on that for also ending Argentina's winning run. " Argentina has never lost a game with the goal keeper Emiliano Martinez in goal " but all of that came short. Saudi Arabia did well have got to applaud em for that. Lionel Messi doesn't look sharp, who noticed ?

I see reasons to your inputs, but I hope and think that doesn't happen to Portugal, all the games with African's has seen a first half draw with the score been zero-zero. Since Senegal hardly score, and a Senegal side without Sadio Mane is like shaft, I moved my focus to Portuguese side, backing them to win the group and also win Ghana.

I know they'll be very compact with Portugal, who will attack with the likes of Bernado Silva, Bruno Fernandez, Cristiano Ronaldo, Raphael Leao, Cancelo and Diego Dalot attacking vigorously. How well can they stop that  ?! I can't wait to watch it tommorow. I'll be opened minded so if Ghana wins I don't get mad.

Ghana vs Portugal. Ronaldo will be overly keen to do well after his fallout with United, worth going for a meltdown and Ghana slim win?

Yaps! I hope to see the fully motivated Cristiano Ronaldo on the score sheet, to be the first to score in five world Cup appearance. Nah! No chance for Ghanians to win. I'm a bit biased though  

[Igebotz]

African and Asia countries don't have chances to get to the finals of the world cup. I was able to watch the match between Senegal and Netherlands. Senegal played well, what they needed was who will put the ball in the net. Without Mane in their team, Senegal cannot go farther.

Ghana used to do better than other African countries in the previous world cups but I don't know their strength this year.
I am believe that Cameron will do better than all of other countries in Africa because I learnt Samuel Eto is among the decision makers.

Forget the finals but group stage games man! One at a time You know, with Asian teams doing so well (okay Saudi's Middle East but they play in Asian tourneys), I'm counting on an African counterpart to also provide a shock.

Ghana vs Portugal. Ronaldo will be overly keen to do well after his fallout with United, worth going for a meltdown and Ghana slim win?

You are the king of underdogs, I won't be surprised if you get this one right, I'm also expecting Ronaldo to have a difficult game with everything that has been going on with him recently, it's unfortunate that none of the African teams who have played have yet to register a single goal at the moment, maybe Ghana will give us the first goal and the first win. After what Japan did to Germany today, Ghana @8.40 is a good risk.

really? Who would have thought that the Saudis would come back from a goal down to beat Argentina in a world cup tournament? The Ghana team is more experienced; it will be a difficult game for Portugal as well, and I will not be surprised if Ghana wins; sometimes you only need 2-3 goal chances to win a game, as Saudis did.

Argentina got unlucky and the better team won at the end of that game which was Saudi Arabia, Congratulations to them on that for also ending Argentina's winning run. " Argentina has never lost a game with the goal keeper Emiliano Martinez in goal " but all of that came short. Saudi Arabia did well have got to applaud em for that. Lionel Messi doesn't look sharp, who noticed ?

Argentina didn't play poorly; it was just not their day; they had three goals ruled out for the same reason (offside); it was one of those days when you tried everything humanly possible but nothing worked; I hope they improve in the next game; they are one of my favorites to win the tournament.

I know they'll be very compact with Portugal, who will attack with the likes of Bernado Silva, Bruno Fernandez, Cristiano Ronaldo, Raphael Leao, Cancelo and Diego Dalot attacking vigorously. How well can they stop that  ?! I can't wait to watch it tommorow. I'll be opened minded so if Ghana wins I don't get mad.

just the same way the Saudis and the Japanese stopped the Argentine and the Germans

[snipie]

So far for African teams we have:
2 draws: Tunisia and Morocco
1 defeat: Senegal
Tomorrow we have Ghana and Cameroon matches that will be interesting Portugal and Switzerland respectively.
Basically all games in the first round for African teams were hard but they did good overall standing in front of powerful teams. Senegal lost its game but they could do better, hopefully they will learn from their mistakes for the next matches.

[Sithara007]

So far for African teams we have:
2 draws: Tunisia and Morocco
1 defeat: Senegal
Tomorrow we have Ghana and Cameroon matches that will be interesting Portugal and Switzerland respectively.
Basically all games in the first round for African teams were hard but they did good overall standing in front of powerful teams. Senegal lost its game but they could do better, hopefully they will learn from their mistakes for the next matches.

The only disappointment was Senegal. And if Sadio Mane was playing, then the outcome could have been different for the Senegal vs Netherlands match. On the other two occasions, CAF teams performed really well. Tunisia and Morocco were playing against very strong teams (Danmark and Croatia respectively), and still they managed to get one point each from these matches. And today also the two matches are against very tough UEFA teams. But we had so many upsets so far in the tournament, and nothing looks impossible.

[MAAManda]

Tomorrow we have Ghana and Cameroon matches that will be interesting Portugal and Switzerland respectively. Basically all games in the first round for African teams were hard but they did good overall standing in front of powerful teams.

So, what are your views regarding the Switzerland Vs Cameroon and Portugal Vs Ghana matches? Cameroon will probably be able to provide tough competition in their match against Switzerland, as Switzerland is also not one of the strongest teams in Europe. But will Ghana be able to provide a bit of resistance to Portugal in their game?

My predictions for these 2 matches are: Switzerland 1 VS 2 Cameroon | Portugal 3 VS 1 Ghana

[Strongkored]

Usually there will be surprises from African teams but so far there haven't been, 3 teams that have played only resulted in 1 defeat, namely Senegal and 2 teams won draws, namely Tunisia and Morocco, very different from the Asian team which has surprised football lovers by defeating two the favorite teams to win are Argentina and Germany, Argentina's loss to Saudi Arabia is still a hot topic of conversation today.

Currently Cameroon is playing against Switzerland, Cameroon is not favored in this match and I didn't even choose it on my money line bet, my prediction is that there will be no surprises that will happen maybe in the second and third rounds because that will determine who will qualify from the phase this group.
The first half ended with scores 0-0 will this be the fourth game that finish with a goalless ? hope not

[buwaytress]

You are the king of underdogs, I won't be surprised if you get this one right, I'm also expecting Ronaldo to have a difficult game with everything that has been going on with him recently, it's unfortunate that none of the African teams who have played have yet to register a single goal at the moment, maybe Ghana will give us the first goal and the first win. After what Japan did to Germany today, Ghana @8.40 is a good risk.

And I will forever regret not betting on Saudi, but yeah, this tournament is already in profit for anyone always betting against the favourites. Ghana actually as high as almost 10/1 and slowly coming down so that's always a good sign for me.

Inaki will want to really really build on his uptake this year, and you never know Ayew, he turns up with a mad run down the flank like he does for Palace and he's gold.

Ghana vs Portugal. Ronaldo will be overly keen to do well after his fallout with United, worth going for a meltdown and Ghana slim win?

Yaps! I hope to see the fully motivated Cristiano Ronaldo on the score sheet, to be the first to score in five world Cup appearance. Nah! No chance for Ghanians to win. I'm a bit biased though  

I actually prefer him to please retire so the many talents on his team can finally switch to a formation that suits them, and maximise their rapid play. Jota, Sanchez (I know they're injured but I mean for the future), Felix, Fernandes, and others...

I'm team Ghana today!

[Majestic-milf]

Tomorrow we have Ghana and Cameroon matches that will be interesting Portugal and Switzerland respectively. Basically all games in the first round for African teams were hard but they did good overall standing in front of powerful teams.

So, what are your views regarding the Switzerland Vs Cameroon and Portugal Vs Ghana matches? Cameroon will probably be able to provide tough competition in their match against Switzerland, as Switzerland is also not one of the strongest teams in Europe. But will Ghana be able to provide a bit of resistance to Portugal in their game?

My predictions for these 2 matches are: Switzerland 1 VS 2 Cameroon | Portugal 3 VS 1 Ghana

Football is unpredictable and in this world cup tournament, we've seen so many unpredictable events that would leave one in wonder. For the Switzerland Cameroon game, I expect a draw. I'm a bit unsure for what Ghana can do.

 With the friendly between Portugal and Nigeria we all witnessed how the super eagles were humiliated and even when the Black Stars met Nigeria, they were able to secure a win, albeit at away advantage. Maybe Ronaldo and his gang would have a field day today.( Or not).

[ajochems]

The African team had good team spirit as compared to other developing countries. Argentina was the dream team of people all around the world. It’s defeat against the Saudi was backfire one for the people of Argentina and rest of the world. Argentina have to improve their game in the recent days, it was unexpected game from the top class team like Argentina. The upcoming game of the Argentina will be the acid test to them. They need win the test and prove their worth to the rest of the team. The upcoming match of Cameroon and Switzerland, most of the people supports to the Switzerland. And most of the bets will be made on Switzerland as compared to the Cameroon.

[Oluwa-btc]

just the same way the Saudis and the Japanese stopped the Argentine and the Germans

Hehehe, I hope they don't come 17:00 PM today, I want to see Portugal winning Honestly. So Far, African sides have been impressive before the break, but they tend not to score them after the the break. Good examples are Senegal and Cameron today.
My bet for that game would be first half draw between Portugal and Ghana.

I actually prefer him to please retire so the many talents on his team can finally switch to a formation that suits them, and maximise their rapid play. Jota, Sanchez (I know they're injured but I mean for the future), Felix, Fernandes, and others...

I'm team Ghana today!

He'll! This should be his last time with the National Team. It's a chance for him to try again to win the World Cup just to show that he ain't no finished player yet. Portugal side has brilliant lads who can hurt Ghana regardless of how compact they choose to play. If they can play team football and not individual football then, they'll be unstoppable.

I'm team Portugal today! Its payback time for Ghana knocking Nigeria outta the qualification.  

[Slow death]

Tomorrow we have Ghana and Cameroon matches that will be interesting Portugal and Switzerland respectively. Basically all games in the first round for African teams were hard but they did good overall standing in front of powerful teams.

So, what are your views regarding the Switzerland Vs Cameroon and Portugal Vs Ghana matches? Cameroon will probably be able to provide tough competition in their match against Switzerland, as Switzerland is also not one of the strongest teams in Europe. But will Ghana be able to provide a bit of resistance to Portugal in their game?

My predictions for these 2 matches are: Switzerland 1 VS 2 Cameroon | Portugal 3 VS 1 Ghana

Football is unpredictable and in this world cup tournament, we've seen so many unpredictable events that would leave one in wonder. For the Switzerland Cameroon game, I expect a draw. I'm a bit unsure for what Ghana can do.

 With the friendly between Portugal and Nigeria we all witnessed how the super eagles were humiliated and even when the Black Stars met Nigeria, they were able to secure a win, albeit at away advantage. Maybe Ronaldo and his gang would have a field day today.( Or not).

It's strange how many people were underestimating Switzerland, it kept seeming that Cameroon was a great team so Switzerland would have no chance of beating Cameroon, but looking at Switzerland it was clear that Switzerland would win this game, at least for me I didn't I saw no chance for Cameroon to win in this game and as I predicted Switzerland won the game, I saw some comments from some people on a website where they complained that the game had to end in a draw, but they forget that the one who scores goals is the winner, the African teams so far have not been able to at least have one victory, which is somewhat regrettable and sad

I'm team Ghana today!

 



I bet that portugar will manage to win this game, portugal has excellent players, when they make an effort they can get good results, ghana is a team that i do not see going far in the world cup, to be honest i see them losing in this game and the Bookmakers are offering odds of @9.20 if Ghana wins this game, if you are lucky and Ghana wins you will have a good profit, but you will have to be very lucky for Ghana to win, Portugal is a very strong team and this is a game in which cristiano ronaldo needs to make a lot of effort to draw attention to future clubs in addition to being his last world cup, so he needs to win to say goodbye to the world cup

[Igebotz]

You are the king of underdogs, I won't be surprised if you get this one right, I'm also expecting Ronaldo to have a difficult game with everything that has been going on with him recently, it's unfortunate that none of the African teams who have played have yet to register a single goal at the moment, maybe Ghana will give us the first goal and the first win. After what Japan did to Germany today, Ghana @8.40 is a good risk.

And I will forever regret not betting on Saudi, but yeah, this tournament is already in profit for anyone always betting against the favourites. Ghana actually as high as almost 10/1 and slowly coming down so that's always a good sign for me.

Inaki will want to really really build on his uptake this year, and you never know Ayew, he turns up with a mad run down the flank like he does for Palace and he's gold.

I'm not a big fan of J. Ayew, but the entire Ghana hope is on A. Ayew and Partey. A. Ayew is a bit old now, and I wasn't expecting him to be selected to this world cup after his split with Ghana FA after they were eliminated from AFCON, but he is the only one capable of making dangerous attacks and shooting from the far post in that team. I never liked how J.Ayew was converted to a striker in the first place, and he hasn't done anything significant at Crystal Palace in my opinion.

[Igebotz]

You are the king of underdogs, I won't be surprised if you get this one right, I'm also expecting Ronaldo to have a difficult game with everything that has been going on with him recently, it's unfortunate that none of the African teams who have played have yet to register a single goal at the moment, maybe Ghana will give us the first goal and the first win. After what Japan did to Germany today, Ghana @8.40 is a good risk.

And I will forever regret not betting on Saudi, but yeah, this tournament is already in profit for anyone always betting against the favourites. Ghana actually as high as almost 10/1 and slowly coming down so that's always a good sign for me.

Inaki will want to really really build on his uptake this year, and you never know Ayew, he turns up with a mad run down the flank like he does for Palace and he's gold.

I'm not a big fan of J. Ayew, but the entire Ghana hope is on A. Ayew and Partey. A. Ayew is a bit old now, and I wasn't expecting him to be selected to this world cup after his split with Ghana FA after they were eliminated from AFCON, but he is the only one capable of making dangerous attacks and shooting from the far post in that team. I never liked how J.Ayew was converted to a striker in the first place, and he hasn't done anything significant at Crystal Palace in my opinion.

[KTChampions]

It's strange how many people were underestimating Switzerland, it kept seeming that Cameroon was a great team so Switzerland would have no chance of beating Cameroon, but looking at Switzerland it was clear that Switzerland would win this game, at least for me I didn't I saw no chance for Cameroon to win in this game and as I predicted Switzerland won the game, I saw some comments from some people on a website where they complained that the game had to end in a draw, but they forget that the one who scores goals is the winner, the African teams so far have not been able to at least have one victory, which is somewhat regrettable and sad

Probably those who complain about the result of the game did not watch it, Cameroon is very lucky that the score is only 1-0, and not 2-0 or 3-0. Seferovic and Vargas missed 100% chances, and Cameroon had very few dangerous moments, I can only remember Toko-Ekambi. In general, the performance of African teams has so far met the expectations of the bookmakers which have rated them as underdogs.