Re-live how Ghana bamboozled Germany with attractive, attacking display at the World Cup

Published on: 22 June 2014
Re-live how Ghana bamboozled Germany with attractive, attacking display at the World Cup
Asmaoah Gyan scored Ghana's second goal and went into the record books

Ghana probably played Africa's greatest game at the World Cup on Saturday night when surprised world favourites Germany with an attacking and tactically aware display resulting in a 2-2 draw in Fortaleza.

The Black Stars left the Europeans, second best in the world, reeling with their dribbling skills which has attracted all football fans including the Germans themselves to the Ghanaians.

Ghanasoccernet.com brings you the links to the key moments of that great display by the Black Stars in the lead up to the match, the live text commentary, the match report, the pictures, the videos, and the reaction after the match.

With the match looming, coach Kwesi Appiah surprised many when he made three changes to his starting line-up with Kevin Prince Boateng taking the place of Jordan Ayew, Harrison Afful named in place of injured Daniel Opare while Fatau Dauda took the place of Adam Kwarasey. Many were surprised by the decision to drop Kwarasey to the bench while some disagreed with the decision to play Afful. Click here to read the starting line-up and the comments made by football fans.

While the Black Stars were preparing to start the warm up for the match in their dressing room there was another shock when Ghana's President John Dramani surprised the Black Stars with a call in the dressing room to encourage them. Read the story by clicking here.

Despite this German fans were confident they will demolish the Black Stars having beaten Portugal 4-0 in their opening match. Click here to read the story.

The Black Stars presented their own surprise when they exploded with their own attacking brand of football as the game unfolded. Click here to read the live play-by-play text updates and how the game unfolded.

And at half time it was Ghana leading the exchanges with the best chances going to the Black Stars in the match at Fortaleza. Click here to read the half-time match report

Then by full time the Black Stars proved that their first-half performance was no fluke by holding the Germans to a 2-2 draw with their amazing display. Click here to read the full match report.

The players of the Black Stars were also rated based on their performances during the match. Click here to read how the Ghana players were rated.

Click here to see the pictures of the Ghana versus Germany pictures.

Click here to see the celebratory dance of the Black Stars which looks to have swept the World as the best celebration of the tournament so far.

Click on our Black Stars via this link to read more stories on the Black Stars and their World Cup performances.

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