AKFO wrote:mappiah19 wrote:TheAdmiral wrote:
Heh.. Columbia's celebrations were better, right?
Just beautiful.
I'm glad the real Ghana showed up on Saturday. Too bad we took the US for granted and didn't pounce on them.
I don't think it's that we didn't take the U.S. for granted (aside from sleepwalking through the first 30 seconds). Ghana out shot them 21-8; had possession for most of the game. Although it sure did look like Ghana was the better team, sometimes the shots just don't go in. I think there is a good chance that the U.S. loses their next two games and we beat Portugal. The U.S. just did not look impressive at all last week.
The U.S. just did not look impressive...yet we took full advantage of our chances and constantly stifled the Ghana attack.
Possession isn't nine tenths of the law in football...ask Spain and Mexico. I'll take an 'unimpressive' win 10 times out of 10 and guess what, that was an impressive win! We dug deep and stole the game in its dying embers after exploding out of the gates. Ghana dicked around with the pelota and couldn't attack down the centre of the pitch - i.e. where we were most impressive defensively.
But hey, you guys looked like the better team right? Too bad that doesn't matter in a game where goals are so precious. The better team on that day always wins, that's why they get the better result. That's sports 101.
