The dream for a fourth successive appearance at the biggest stage in world football may well have ended for Ghana after Congo put up a masterful performance to earn a 1-1 stalemate in Kumasi.
After picking up only just a point in two games, Ghana were given a lifeline by Uganda yesterday to get their World Cup qualification campaign back on track but instead fluffed it.
And the inquest will begin as to what really accounted for the team’s shambolic display by the players in a must-win game against whipping boys of Group E.
With the second most powerful man in the country, Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia watching on from comfortable place at stadium, Kwesi Appiah’s charges failed to impress and were even lucky to get a point.
