Rapturous welcome for Black Stars in Maceio

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• ALEX KWAME USA 11 years ago

  Yes now the team should get to the drawing board and get to work. Ghana must beat the US if they want to go far in this competition no complacency.

  Yes now the team should get to the drawing board and get to work. Ghana must beat the US if they want to go far in this competition no complacency.

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• HOMESENSE 11 years ago

  With this news, I'll suggest that the Government of Ghana liaise with the Brazilian counterparts of Culture and Information Ministries to whip up support for the Black Stars. Brazilians with Black ancestry, borne out of the S ...
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  With this news, I'll suggest that the Government of Ghana liaise with the Brazilian counterparts of Culture and Information Ministries to whip up support for the Black Stars. Brazilians with Black ancestry, borne out of the Slave Trade, could be wooed to support, Ghana, home of majority of their ancestors.

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• kojo, USA 11 years ago

  How i wish i was in Brazil!!

  How i wish i was in Brazil!!

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• ALMIGHTY 11 years ago

  NOTHING SPECIAL.
  ALL DELEGATIONS WILL BE RECEIVED WELL WITH THEIR FLAGS, WITH OVERFLOWING BREASTS.
  NO NEWS.

  NOTHING SPECIAL.
  ALL DELEGATIONS WILL BE RECEIVED WELL WITH THEIR FLAGS, WITH OVERFLOWING BREASTS.
  NO NEWS.

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• JAMES USA 11 years ago

  That would be Jermaine Jones, a rugged hard-tackler himself but one whose forays forward sometimes leave him in the wrong spot when the ball gets turned over. Against Nigeria, Jones played just ahead and to the left of Becker ...
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  That would be Jermaine Jones, a rugged hard-tackler himself but one whose forays forward sometimes leave him in the wrong spot when the ball gets turned over. Against Nigeria, Jones played just ahead and to the left of Beckerman, with Alejandro Bedoya to Beckerman's right, while Michael Bradley and Clint Dempsey took up more advanced midfield roles behind striker Jozy Altidore.
  
  "It was a different position for me, but I like it," Jones said. "I don't have to do so much backtracking when Kyle is the guy who stays in the back. So yeah, it's easier to go forward."
  
  For Bedoya, a more attack-minded player, the switch could mean more defensive responsibilities against powerful, dangerous Ghana. And that's just fine with him, too.
  
  "Trying to get in front of the back four and help them out, and also be one of the first guys to be able to spread the ball out wide and start the counterattack -- I think that's part of my game," he said. "I'm a two-way player, a box-to-box player, and I have the stamina and endurance to track back as well."
  
  In the end, though, much could depend on Beckerman. "He's one who covers others' backs," Klinsmann said Wednesday. "He's cleaning up whatever comes his way. He holds his position and that gives us another option, another card we can play, because we know he gets his job done."
  
  - Jeff Carlisle: U.S.'s Group of Death Survival Guide
  
  NOTES:
  
  - Klinsmann made headlines on Wednesday by repeating the controversial comment he made to the New York Times in December. So what do his players think of their coach's belief that "talking about winning a World Cup right now is not realistic"?
  
  Depends on whom you ask.
  
  "We haven't won a World Cup before so you can't go into it saying [we will]," Altidore said. "You come here obviously with that dream in the back of your mind. At the same time, you have to be realistic and understand that there are some teams that maybe are a bit more favored than we are. Hopefully if you get closer to the end, then you start to believe a little bit more."
  
  Midfielder Mix Diskerud, on the other hand, took Klinsmann's words as motivation. "It's an opportunity for us to prove him wrong," he said.
  
  - Jones also made news on Wednesday when he said he wouldn't celebrate if he scored against his native Germany in the Yanks' first round finale. Has he ever been in a similar position at club level?
  
  "The only time when I scored against my ex-team was an own goal against [Eintracht] Frankfurt," the former Schalke man said. "So no, I didn't celebrate."
  
  - Bedoya is the lone member of the current squad who was also among the final cuts in 2010, so you can hardly blame him for embracing the experience.
  
  "It's been a lifelong dream," he said. "It's kind of surreal. I'm in Brazil, the Mecca of football, and having the World Cup here is even that much more exciting. The hype here and all over the States is incredible ... I'm very grateful."

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• Skilianda 11 years ago

  We give thanks to God for giving them safe journey,we will surely defeat the USA.

  We give thanks to God for giving them safe journey,we will surely defeat the USA.

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• TIMESQUAREHEMAA 11 years ago

  AMEN. IT IT DONE AS WE ASK.

  AMEN. IT IT DONE AS WE ASK.

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• Shabi 11 years ago

  ..... And I can see that the poster one of the fans is carrying in the accompanying picture reads, KWAME NKRUMAH, PATRICE LUMUMBA, NELSON MANDELA.
  
  It is a good thing to associate the Black Stars with their great founder an ...
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  ..... And I can see that the poster one of the fans is carrying in the accompanying picture reads, KWAME NKRUMAH, PATRICE LUMUMBA, NELSON MANDELA.
  
  It is a good thing to associate the Black Stars with their great founder and spiritual leader, Kwame Nkrumah. It is also a good thing that the fans of the Black Stars associate with all the other great leaders of Africa. This can only mean that that they are asking the Black Stars to also do big things for Ghana and Africa.

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• Tee 11 years ago

  Brazilians have a lot of respect for Ghana so our fan base will be very huge off mostly Brazilians. Those that can't make it to Brazilian games will substitute for Ghana games.

  Brazilians have a lot of respect for Ghana so our fan base will be very huge off mostly Brazilians. Those that can't make it to Brazilian games will substitute for Ghana games.

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• j0eY L0nd0n 11 years ago

  Come on man.....

  Come on man.....

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• Osei Ernest Apau KOFORIDUA 11 years ago

  Thanks to God for a safe journey.

  Thanks to God for a safe journey.

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