Ghana-Guinea: Comments

Sulley Muntari: "I can't describe how I felt scoring the winning goal.I came close before then but I kept trying till it went in! It's too early though to say whether we will go on to be champions."

Michael Essien: "It's a good start for us. The game was very difficult, Guinea are a good side, they have some quality players. We're happy we won though, this will help our confidence."

Ghana manager Claude Le Roy: "Sometimes we can play great games against the likes of Brazil or Nigeria but then lost concentration against other sides," said the Frenchman. We've got to be humble now and prepare for our second game against Namibia."

"It's a long way to February 10th (the final), but I'm proud of our performance and I think we can play better even if today we showed good quality," said Le Roy.

"The first thing I said to the players afterwards was: 'Get ready to forget this game and concentrate on the next one (against Namibia on Thursday)'.

"We knew it was important to win this opening game, to get three points on the board. For us it's a great day, as it wasn't easy."

Guinea coach Robert Nouzaret: "Guinea played at a level which wasn't recognisable with how we can play. I'm not too discouraged, we can't play as badly as that two matches running. In our second match we'll show our true ability. The game against Morocco (also on Thursday) will be decisive."