Yirenkyi's 95th-minute strike fires Ghana past Panama in World Cup opener

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  • E.K. 1 month ago

    Football is for those who believe in the game!

  • P Djamgbe 1 month ago

    A draw against Croatia and we should be just fine. As for England die I don't see how we can avoid defeat - I hope I'm wrong

  • Emperor Rasheed 1 month ago

    @P. Djamgbe. This is just a friendly match, so relax and wait the World Cup starts. My brother, we will lose the remaining matches.Take it or leave it.

  • FRANKIE 1 month ago

    Oseeeeeeeey Black Stars⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

  • Emperor Rasheed 1 month ago

    Apuu! This nyame boame ball will not take us anywhere. Take it or leave it.

  • Osei Tutu of Chad 1 month ago

    Broken hearted fool how are you? A Rasheed without Mecca

  • Emperor Rasheed 1 month ago

    @ Osei Tutu of Chad. Please do not run away, after we have been eliminated. I know Chad very well.

  • P Djamgbe 1 month ago

    Hey Emperor, at least you've got your mojo back, recently you were not fun to watch on this platform like in the past - maybe your 12 wives were giving you the hardest time of your life, hahahaha

  • Kweku Tsin 1 month ago

    This match is the cherry on top after all the disapointments. This match allowed the coach to reassess players for the next match. Well- done Ghana BS.

  • Yaw Baafi 1 month ago

    One goal at 95th minute. And coach running around jubilating as if we had won the trophy.

  • MIKI 1 month ago

    Shame on you and your friends and family

  • Kweku Tsin 1 month ago

    Name IDs don't mean shit. WC is about self-belief and who is desperate and determined to win after 90 mins.

  • Emperor Rasheed 1 month ago

    Kwaku Tsin, please it is not about big names but facing the reality. We do not have quality players, they hardly know each other, annd our preparation was very poor. I will give you $1,000 if we are able to qualify

  • Kweku Tsin 1 month ago

    Tell that to England, as we dont care about their profile.The BS managed to get a win in a wrestling -soccer match. Soo bad, two keepers were physically injured with no consiquences from ref. This match was like wild, wild we ...
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  • Aduomi 1 month ago

    Burn in hell, you doom prophet..aboa!!

  • Emperor Rasheed 1 month ago

    Kweku Tsin, if Bill Gates puts down $100,000 and asks you to choose the winner between Bubunya colts players and England, which team will you choose?

  • Kweku Tsin 1 month ago

    I make my own money. Not interested in free money.

  • Emperor Rasheed 1 month ago

    Answer my question.

  • Yaw Boansi 1 month ago

    Hahahaaa E.K a colleague here was registering High Blood pressure ooooo.

    But as you rightly said football is for those who believe in the Game!

  • Let's go Black Stars 1 month ago

    Enemies are not God.... May God continue bless our homeland Ghana... now bring it on England...we ain't scared of England coz we are mother Ghana...We Move !!!!

  • Dominique 1 month ago

    Bravo Ghana

  • Pelicles 1 month ago

    This is all Ghana need, just to win and they have won, bravo guys?

  • Beauty 1 month ago

    Thanks be to God for saving ghanaians from heart attacks

  • Patrick niu 1 month ago

    enjoy the winning brother!

  • God's time 1 month ago

    This is a good start. We have avoided calculations as usual and hopefully we will overpower England to qualify to the next stage.

  • 3tw3 ba 1 month ago

    And this is without TP even. England should brace for impact.
    Go Ghana Go
    Odwan

  • Etuo 1 month ago

    Partey is very rusty and slow now.He warmed the bench for his club last season and also had rape allegations around his neck.So psychologically he is not sound to man our midfield.

  • Derek 1 month ago

    Elisha owusu and Jordan should not start the remaining matches period

  • nana yaw 1 month ago

    thank you

  • Fd 1 month ago

    As usual they have started to show their hatred. There are good and bad days in football and every game can be different.

  • MIKI 1 month ago

    Massa, don't be silly! Jordan is too slow, too lethargic, and no longer the livewire he used to be! It's time to bench him or use him as a supersub! As for his leadership skills, they are NONEXISTENT!

  • Nunoo Ayi. 1 month ago

    I think Jordan must know something; he must be making a sacrifice to sit still for 80 minutes.

  • Great one 1 month ago

    You'll realize his importance when he's not in there, every team needs leadership in the field, someone with experience to manage cohesion

  • Ojooo! 1 month ago

    I was expecting the best result in a draw game today. Thanks to our multiple supporters and Brilliant Yirenchi and Thomas

  • Patrick niu 1 month ago

    congratulations bro!
    enjoy the winning!

  • Jato 1 month ago

    Harry Kane and Rashford versus Ghana's defence. Will be a war

  • Emperor Rasheed 1 month ago

    Which war? England!s bench will wallop us. Take it or leave it.

  • Let's go Black Stars 1 month ago

    You ain't no proper ghanaian... shut the hell up and go back to where you belong... Against Baa FoH...SYBAU N*gga...

  • Emperor Rasheed 1 month ago

    I don’t support blindly.

  • Let's go Black Stars 1 month ago

    Ain't got time for no fake ass N*gga, Shift

  • KI 1 month ago

    What is fake about somebody choosing to believe in his logic ??? Mtcheww

  • Patrick niu 1 month ago

    wondurful game!
    congratulations! I'm so happy for you!

  • Kwa 1 month ago

    Panama had 62% possession. The wise will let that sink in

  • Yaw Boansi 1 month ago

    Kwa at the end if the game what everybody ask is what is the scores????

    Even if Panama played 99.999% the question we ask is who won????

    In football the end justifies the means bro

  • ABASS AMOGOBO 1 month ago

    i m more than the word happy. Congratulations

  • Kanawu, USA 1 month ago

    Jordan Ayew is useless.
    Why is he still in the team?

  • Jordan Ayew 1 month ago

    Kanawu, which state do you live in US? I want to visit you.

  • Frank Agyena-Karikari. 1 month ago

    Let us be appreciative of the Jordans because they have done a lot and sacrificed a lot for the country. There were times that they paid for their own flights to play for Ghana. We can’t be such hypocritical and horrible in ...
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  • MIKI 1 month ago

    Tweakai, don't be silly! Jordan is too slow, too lethargic, and no longer the livewire he used to be! It's time to bench him or use him as a supersub! As for his leadership skills, they are NONEXISTENT!

  • Great one 1 month ago

    @kanawu, you can go replace him since you are not very far from him

  • Obarima 1 month ago

    Jordan Ayew is the 12th man for Panama.
    There is no way he was playing for Ghana.

  • Patrick niu 1 month ago

    After all, he is the captain of the Black Stars team. The coach couldn't possibly let him play as a substitute.

  • Soccer 1 month ago

    The Abedi factor has been Ghana black Star problem for a long time now. Black Star doesn’t need the Abedi’s in the team anymore. Are the only people who knows how to play football in Ghana? You see when he was taken off, ...
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  • Kojo Osei 1 month ago

    Congratulations, Black Stars

  • Darius99 1 month ago

    Actually, it’s our second winning start. In 2006, we list our first game to Italy 0-2 after Samuel Kuffuor infamously gave the ball away in the 2nd half leading to Italy’s second goal. Our win against the Czech Republic w ...
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  • Emperor Rasheed 1 month ago

    Darius99, please do not compare these colts players to the 2006 squad.

  • abugi 1 month ago

    poor reportage. please do some research before hurriedly writing your reports. Ghana lost our first match in 2006 against Italy. the match against the Czechs was our second game.

  • Kofi Akwetey 1 month ago

    In 2006, Ghana won our first match against the Czech Republic 2-0. Asamoah Gyan scored after 90 seconds. We then beat the USA. The loss to Italy came later.

  • PITO 1 month ago

    England is favored to win in the next match but if capeverde got a draw against Spain we can pull a draw against England! Lessons from today’s game is that we give opposition MANY chances! Defenders must NOT ALLOW THIS! Als ...
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  • Emperor Rasheed 1 month ago

    I thought PITO really understands soccer, but I can see you are just a follower. Cape Verde would have walloped Panama 4-0.Did you see the way they played against Spain?

  • PITO 1 month ago

    Soccer is about Believe it is never definite! Even Real Madrid against Kotoko is not a CERTAIN win for Madrid until the whistle blows. Man United scoring 3 goals against LYon in extra time. Zambia defeating top Ivory Coast to ...
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  • Asonaba asiedu 1 month ago

    It's coming home!!!

  • Martinez 1 month ago

    Ghana is a bad ass. We should be careful with them. They don't tolerate shit

  • Capt Adabuga 1 month ago

    This must be Jordan's last start in any Black Stars match. He's done. Let us rebuild with the upcoming Youngsters

  • Sam 1 month ago

    Fatawu and Asante changed the game for Ghana in the second half.

    Ayew should be dropped from the starting line up. He couldn't dribble, hold the ball, pass nor defend. There're other players on the bench that could do bett ...
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  • Akajatayogogo 1 month ago

    Now i see that some of Ghanaians don't like good thing,we played a match,we won,look at some comments people are writing, all these people are from NPP party, they don't like good thing in the Country. Ooooh Black man,no no n ...
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  • Frank Agyena-Karikari. 1 month ago

    And you foolishly bring your nasty and idiotic and stupid partisan politics into this? Did the players not play as a team? Get off this forum with your crazy Politics. I am glad Ghana won.

  • Accra is dirty.com 1 month ago

    Even though we won, I'm not impressed with the performance of the BS

  • Great one 1 month ago

    Looking at FIFA rankings, beating Panama was a big deal for Ghana so congratulations will be in order and more grease

  • Jafal 1 month ago

    What a poor performance, 95 minutes goal is nothing to cheer about. Panama's 63% ball possession and Ghana's 37% tells that Ghana won the game just by luck. Football competition is about performance and not luck. Am afraid, ...
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  • Bench Jordan Ayew .. .. Slow and can't track back 1 month ago

    Bench Jordan Ayew .. .. Slow and can't track back he got the team playing 10 against 11

  • Bonus Baba 1 month ago

    I am not a Prophet and l don't ever want to be the Ghanaian type prophet. I have great Wisdom,Knowledge and Understanding. I said it before and l am saying it again. Anytime any day anywhere Benjamin Asare is with the blac ...
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  • Patrick niu 1 month ago

    We can defeat Croatia and gian 1 point in the game against England.

  • Kojor 1 month ago

    Go Ghana

  • Third Eye. 1 month ago

    Is it now a taboo to score goals from the wings? What prevented the wings to be crossing the balls into the box rather than reling on Jordan who was marked by three men. And he also refused to run to open space. Did he not ev ...
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  • Yaaaa 1 month ago

    Jordan has paid his due. However, it is becoming difficult for him to cope. Can he start from the bench?

  • Osibisa 1 month ago

    Go Ghana, go!!! We can make it. Our defense is solid! Congratulations, guys!! The front needs to push harder and all shall be well against England and Croatia. I will count on you guys any day.

  • Baz 1 month ago

    Kwasia, if not Jordan, could Ghana have qualified. Low performance in this game doesn't mean he is a bad player.

  • Patriot 1 month ago

    Great celebrations in the stadium including the Vice president but FA president sat with uncelebratory look.....why? Anything the problem sir?

  • Pao 1 month ago

    Because, unlike the Veep, the FA President understands football and the implication of facing England and Croatia with the kind of performance he saw.

  • TRUMP 1 month ago

    THE RAPIST’S CURSE WOULD HAVE DESTROYED GHANA’S CHANCES

    Patey should be excluded from the Ghana team - if we want to progress to the next round.

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  • Boro 1 month ago

    The current Blackstars coach game againtbɔ Wales we sat back and allowed them to attack us until the second half.
    Then the same strategy against Panama.

    This strategy must stop immediately. If we meet England and they p ...
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  • TRUMP 1 month ago

    THE RAPIST’S CURSE WOULD HAVE DESTROYED GHANA’S CHANCES

    Patey should be excluded from the Ghana team - if we want to progress to the next round.