Ghana at the FIFA World Cup

[1] Ghana had the youngest team in the FIFA World Cup 2006 with an average age of 23 years and 352 days,[1] and were praised for their improving performance.

Man of the Match: Andrea Pirlo (Italy) Assistant referees: Aristeu Tavares (Brazil) Ednílson Corona (Brazil) Fourth official: Khalil Al Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia) Fifth official: Hamdi Al Kadri (Syria) Asamoah Gyan opened the scoring with a low left footed shot to the net from the edge of the penalty area.

Sulley Muntari got the second goal for Ghana in the 82nd minute, finishing a move with a left footed shot to the roof of the net from inside the penalty area.

Man of the Match: Michael Essien (Ghana) Assistant referees: Darío García (Argentina) Rodolfo Otero (Argentina) Fourth official: Jerome Damon (South Africa) Fifth official: Enock Molefe (South Africa) Ghana opened the scoring in the 22nd minute when Haminu Draman curled a low right footed shot past the goalkeeper from the left of the penalty area.

Asamoah Gyan scored only goal of the game came in the 85th minute from the penalty spot, shooting to the goalkeepers right after a handball offence by Zdravko Kuzmanovic.

Man of the Match: Asamoah Gyan (Ghana) Assistant referees: Ricardo Casas (Argentina)[9] Hernán Maidana (Argentina)[9] Fourth official: Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (Malaysia)[9] Fifth official: Jeffrey Gek Pheng (Singapore)[9] Asamoah Gyan scored the equalizer for Ghana in the 25th minute from the penalty spot, shooting low to the goalkeepers left after a handball by Harry Kewell on the goal-line for which he was shown a straight red card.

[14] After the match, Ghana's coach Milovan Rajevac hailed his side's achievement in becoming one of the "best eight teams in the world", but regretted the number of players that would miss the quarter-final against Uruguay because of injury or suspension.

[16] Man of the Match: André Ayew (Ghana) Assistant referees: Gábor Erős (Hungary) Tibor Vámos (Hungary) Fourth official: Michael Hester (New Zealand) Fifth official: Tevita Makasini (Tonga) Uruguay and Ghana met on 2 July 2010 at Soccer City, Johannesburg for a place in the semi-final against the Netherlands.

After half-time, Diego Forlán pulled Uruguay level with a free kick from the left side of the field that went over the head of Ghana's goalkeeper Richard Kingson.

Late in extra time, Ghana sent a free kick into the box; Luis Suárez blocked Stephen Appiah's shot on the goal line.

[19] On the rebound, Dominic Adiyiah's header was heading into the goal, but Suárez blatantly blocked the shot with his hands[20] to save what would have been the extra-time winner[21] and he was red carded.

[24] After the game, Suárez said, "I made the save of the tournament,"[21] and, referring to the infamous handball goal scored by Diego Maradona in the 1986 World Cup, claimed that "The 'Hand of God' now belongs to me."

"[29] Man of the Match: Diego Forlán (Uruguay) Assistant referees: José Manuel Silva Cardinal (Portugal) Bertino Miranda (Portugal) Fourth official: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain) Fifth official: Fermín Martínez Ibánez (Spain) Head coach: James Kwesi Appiah The final squad was announced on 1 June 2014.