Ghana will be Portugal's first opponent in Group H World Cup 2022 and will be on the National Team's path for the second time in the last three World Cups, after having faced each other years ago in Brazil.
What he did until reaching Qatar: victory in Group I (South Africa, Ethiopia and Zimbabwe) with 13 points in six games and passage to the play-off achieved thanks to a goal difference against the South Africans, who also closed the group with 13 points. In the play-off they pushed Nigeria away without winning any game. After the draw in Ghana in the 1st leg, another draw, this time by a goal, in Nigeria. Thomas Partey , Arsenal midfielder and ex-Atlético Madrid, was the top scorer of the «Black Stars with three goals.
World Cup appearances and performance: three appearances until Qatar, all consecutive (2006, 2010 and 2014). In 2006, in Germany, they fell in the round of 16 against Brazil and in 2010 (South Africa) they were eliminated in the «quarters» by Uruguay in the penalty shoot-out. Eight years ago, in Brazil, they stayed in the group stage.
One -on-one with Portugal: just one game, on June 26, 2014 at Estádio Mané Garrincha, which witnessed the farewell of both teams to the World Cup in Brazil. Portugal won 2-1 (John Boye own goal and Cristiano Ronaldo goal), but the result was short to correct the impact of the 4-0 defeat to Germany in the opening of the group stage. Portugal finished Group G behind Mannschaft (7 points) and the same points (4) as the United States, with whom it had drawn 2, but behind the North Americans, who had a better difference between goals scored and conceded and went on to the next phase.