2016 European champions, Portugal will entertain African giants, Ghana in a World Cup Group H match on Thursday evening at the Ras Abou Aboud Stadium.Portugal secured qualification to the World Cup after beating North Macedonia in the playoffs while Ghana saw off Nigeria to secure a World Cup slot.##NAJAVA_MECA_15##It is a group that pundits predict Portugal will win but the World Cup has already treated us to enough shocking results with minnows stunning favorites. Argentina and Germany have suffered shocking defeats to Saudi Arabia and Japan respectively.Portugal’s best finish at the World Cup is a third place finish during the 1966 edition while Ghana reached the 2010 quarter final stage before that Luis Suarez handball denied them a chance to become the first ever African side to secure a semi final berth at the World Cup. This is Portugal’s eighth appearance at the tournament while Ghana will be making their fourth.𝑮𝒖𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝑾𝒉𝒐’𝒔 𝑯𝒆𝒓𝒆 ! 🥰 𝑺𝒖𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒚 𝑴𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒊 paid a visit to the Black Stars today ahead of our #FIFAWorldCup opener against Portugal. Legend 👏🏾#BlackStars | #BringBackTheLove | #Qatar2022 pic.twitter.com/o9ozyz6LNZ— 🇬🇭 Black Stars (@GhanaBlackstars) November 23, 2022 The two sides have met at the World Cup before. During the 2014 showpiece in Brazil, Portugal downed the Black Stars 2-1 in a group match. Portugal captain, Cristiano Ronaldo scored the winning goal ten minutes from time.Portugal starman, Ronaldo will be hoping to put his recent media outburst and subsequent termination of his contract by Manchester United behind him to steer his team to a win. He will be backed by other key players like Bernardo Silva, Bruno Fernandes, Rafael Leao among others. Ghana on the other hand have Thomas Partey, the Ayew brothers, Inaki Williams and Tariq Lamprey. The duo recently switched nationalities.Portugal squadDiogo Costa, Rui Patricio, Jose SA, Joao Cancelo, Diogo Dalot, Nuno Mendes, Raphael Guerreiro, Pepe Ruben Dias, Danilo Pereira, Antonio Silva, William Carvalho, Ruben Neves, Joao Palhinha, Bernardo Silva, Joao Mario, Vitinha, Bruno Fernandes, Otavio, Matheus Nunes, Cristiano Ronaldo, Joao Felix, Rafael Leao, Goncalo Ramos, Ricardo Horta, Andre SilvaGhana squadIbraham Danlad, Abdul Manaf Nurudeen, Lawrence Ati Zigi, Denis Odoi, Tariq Lamptey, Alidu Seidu, Abdul-Rahman Baba, Gideon Mensah, Alexander Djiku, Mohammed Salisu, Daniel Amartey, Joseph Aidoo, Thomas Partey, Elisha Owusu, Salis Abdul Samed, Andre Ayew, Mohammed Kudus, Daniel-Kofi Kyereh, Jordan Ayew, Kamaldeen Sulemana, Issahaku Abdul Fatawu, Osman Bukari, Kamal Sowah, Inaki Williams, Antoine Semenyo, Daniel Barnieh Afriyie.QATAR 2022 WORLD CUPThursday, Nov 24th1300 EAT: (1.80) Switzerland (3.60) Cameroon (5.20) G1600 EAT: (1.75) Uruguay (3.50) South Korea (5.80) H1900 EAT: (1.48) Portugal (4.30) Ghana (8.50) H2200 EAT: (1.57) Brazil (4.40) Serbi a (6.40) H
