PREVIEW
Ghana and Uruguay meet on the World Cup on Friday in a repeat of one of many event’s most contentious video games.
“It was a really, really long time ago,” Ghana coach Otto Addo mentioned.
Perhaps so, however to many Ghanaians the quarterfinal defeat to Uruguay within the 2010 World Cup remains to be a uncooked and painful reminiscence.
Predicted 11
Ghana: Ati-Zigi; Lamptey, Amartey, Salisu, Mensah; Partey, Samed; Kudus, A Ayew, J Ayew; Williams
Uruguay: Rochet; Gimenez, Godin, Coates; Varela, Valverde, Bentancur, Vecino, Olivera; Nunez, Gomez
World Cup kind:
Ghana: Misplaced 2-3 vs Portugal; Gained 3-2 vs South Korea
Uruguay: drew 0-0 vs South Korea; Misplaced 0-2 vs Portugal
Uruguay striker Luis Suarez’s deliberate handball on the goal-line on the finish of additional time denied Ghana a sure purpose and a spot in historical past as the primary African staff to achieve the semis. Suarez was despatched off for the handball however celebrated wildly on the sidelines when Asamoah Gyan hit the ensuing penalty off the crossbar. Uruguay gained the following penalty shootout.
To make it worse, Suarez boasted after the 2010 sport: “Truth is, it was worth it.”
Twelve years later, Ghana now has an opportunity to settle the rating. By beating Uruguay of their last Group H match, Ghana would advance to the spherical of 16, whereas knocking Uruguay out of the event.
Although the match in Al Wakrah has been circled as one to observe ever because the World Cup draw was made in April, Addo tried his finest to solid is as a “normal game.”
“I’m not really thinking about revenge,” he mentioned, including he remembered watching Ghana’s agonizing loss on TV in 2010. “But it’s 12 years ago and now it’s a different match with a different approach. So I don’t see it as a revenge.”
Ghana, which squeezed out an exhilarating 3-2 win over South Korea in its final sport, should win once more in Al Wakrah to make sure of going previous the group stage for the primary time since 2010. A draw may be sufficient relying on the results of South Korea vs. Portugal.
Captain Andre Ayew is the one Ghana participant in Qatar who was on the 2010 squad.
Uruguay has a handful, together with the 35-year-old Suarez, who’s taking part in what’s doubtless his farewell World Cup earlier than winding down a profession that noticed him celebrated as among the best forwards on the earth at one level. He gained the Copa America with Uruguay and Spanish league titles and a Champions League trophy with Barcelona.
Suarez additionally carved out a fame as one of many sport’s most controversial characters and has additionally been punished 3 times for biting opponents, together with a four-month ban for biting Italy defender Giorgio Chiellini on the shoulder on the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.
Suarez began Uruguay’s 0-0 draw with South Korea in Qatar however was left on the bench for the 2-0 loss to Portugal, which left Uruguay backside of the group.
Uruguay should now beat Ghana and hope South Korea doesn’t beat Portugal to increase its keep on the World Cup and Suarez’s worldwide profession for a minimum of yet one more sport. Purpose distinction will resolve it if Uruguay and South Korea each win.
Stoking it up just a bit, Suarez mentioned the 2010 sport towards Ghana does nonetheless imply one thing.
“We are going to put our lives and soul into this match,” Suarez mentioned. “Ghana is a good team but we know them, we have beaten them before and we know how to beat them again.”
The place will the Ghana vs Uruguay World Cup opening match kick-off?
The Ghana vs Uruguay match will kick off on the Al Bayt Stadium.
When will Ghana vs Uruguay World Cup opening match kick-off?
The Ghana vs Uruguay match will kick-off at 8:30 PM IST on December 2, 2022.
The place are you able to watch the Ghana vs Uruguay match in India?
The Ghana vs Uruguay World Cup opening match will probably be telecasted stay on Sports18 and Sports18 HD. On Android and effectively as iOS, the 2022 FIFA World Cup will probably be stay streamed on JioCinema.
The place are you able to watch the Ghana vs Uruguay match exterior India?
The next listing exhibits the place you may watch the Ghana vs Uruguay match exterior India:
United States – TV: FOX, Telemundo; Dwell Stream: fuboTV, Fox Sports activities app, Telemundo Deportes En Vivo
Canada – TV: CTV, TSN; Dwell Stream: fuboTV, TSN app
United Kingdom – TV: BBC One; Dwell Stream: BBC iPlayer, BBC Sport Web site
Australia – TV: SBS; Dwell Stream: SBS On Demand
New Zealand – TV: Sky Sports activities; Dwell Stream: Sky Sport
Malaysia – TV: RTM, Astro; Dwell Stream: Astro Go
Singapore – TV: Mediacorp Channel 5; Dwell Stream: StarHub TV+, IPTV, Singtel TV
Hong Kong – TV: BeIN Sports activities, ITV; Dwell Stream: Now TV, ViuTV
Nigeria – SuperSport and Showmax Professional.
